Susanne, a native New Yorker, visited Vermont in 1985 with only a cat, a Karmann Ghia, and a guitar. Just over the border, the car broke down, the guitar was bartered to the tow truck man, and the cat ran away. Despite what others might have taken as ill omens, Susanne decided that Vermont was the perfect place to call home. In addition to being a jazz drummer and a storyteller, Susanne teaches workshops on how to take the funny and poignant events in human lives and turn them into stories that heal, inspire, and entertain

listeners (sueschmidtcomedy.com). Susanne is also a professor

for Southern New Hampshire University’s graduate program in

Clinical Mental Health, a job she keeps because it enables her to

have brunch monthly in Anchorage at the Snow City Cafe. She

is honored to be part of this Arctic Entries event.

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