Kathy grew up downstream in a small waterfront community on the tidal Gunpowder River, in a family whose 5 generations span 90 years of fighting pollution while simply ‘messing about in boats’. She spent her teen and adult life on environmental work – which meant that whenever connecting with others. she met them where they were and joined in their work to widen her understanding and offered the same to them. Decades of learning from successes and failures inform her the work is ‘never done’; but it’s where we get to, together. Recently retired from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, she actively engages with others using her community building, historical knowledge, and mentoring skills. Though she lives upstream, you can find her in the summer months kayaking mostly on the Gunpowder.