Shanna born and raised in Alaska. After high school, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she earned a degree in Art. After graduation, she moved back to Alaska and worked for two years as a laborer and heavy equipment operator for Peak Oilfield Services in Prudhoe Bay, where she soon began to feel called in a very different direction. Inspired as a child and adolescent by several outstanding teachers, she began to consider what it would look like if she could actively work to change the world. In this vein she enrolled at UAA, where she earned her BA in English, a Masters of Arts in Teaching (MaT) Secondary: English, and later a Certificate in K-12 Educational Leadership.

In 2003, her book club took up the task of creating a Waldorf

inspired charter school within the Anchorage School District,

approved in March of 2005. The following month, Shanna was

hired as the founding principal of Winterberry Charter School.

Shanna lives in Anchorage with her husband Troy and three sons, who attend Winterberry. She is the first one to say that Winterberry would not have been possible without their support and love.

Singer-songwriter Caleb Aronson was born and raised in Interior-Alaska. He grew up climbing mountains, fishing, and listening to his fathers records. At 14, he taught himself guitar and, inspired by a love of poetry, began writing songs. Since then, Caleb has played many venues, from festivals, clubs, coffeehouses, and stern-wheel riverboats in Alaska, to busking the subways if Boston and playing the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. He's won songwriting awards, including recognition from American Songwriter Magazine for his song "Northbound," and an Individual Artist Grant Award from the Rasmuson Foundation.

Singer-songwriter Caleb Aronson was born and raised in Interior-Alaska. He grew up climbing mountains, fishing, and listening to his fathers records. At 14, he taught himself guitar and, inspired by a love of poetry, began writing songs. Since then, Caleb has played many venues, from festivals, clubs, coffeehouses, and stern-wheel riverboats in Alaska, to busking the subways if Boston and playing the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. He's won songwriting awards, including recognition from American Songwriter Magazine for his song "Northbound," and an Individual Artist Grant Award from the Rasmuson Foundation.

MUSIC: "Denali" By Emma Hill by Arctic Entries

MUSIC: "Denali" By Emma Hill by Arctic Entries

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MUSIC: "Alaska Dear, I'm Coming Home" By Emma Hill by Arctic Entries

MUSIC: "Hard Love" by Emma Hill by Arctic Entries

MUSIC: "Hard Love" by Emma Hill by Arctic Entries

MUSIC: "Hard Love" by Emma Hill by Arctic Entries