Contributors
Sommer Mattox
Director of Community Programs
Sommer Mattox grew up in Kentucky on the same land where her family has lived for generations. She has a deep love for her roots and appreciates the multigenerational connections she made as a child. Sommer received a Bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University, and after a short career as a copy editor, she spent several years as a contract transcription editor while volunteering for various charity organizations. She and her family now reside in a suburb of Kansas City where she continues work in philanthropy while teaching preschool music and tutoring high school students in college essay writing.
Elsewhere
- Getting Serious about Collecting Stories
- Building Friendships in the Community
- Friendship Equals Safety
- Creating a Community of Refugee Helpers
- They Need Rugs
- RISE-ing Voices
- A Hub of Giving
- I Don’t Understand How This is Possible
- Keeping My Promise: How I Found Safety for My Family and Started Helping Others
- I Want the World to Know Me as Someone Who is a Helper in the Community
- Cultivating Community and Hope
- My Father Knew the Value of Education, Even Under the Taliban
- Surviving Darfur
- The Difference Between Politics and People
- Bridging Gaps and Fostering Hope in Kansas City
- A Burmese Woman Remembers Her Past and Finds Her Future in Farming
- A Woman From Myanmar Stands on Her Own Two Feet Through Farming
- Farming is in My Blood
- Self Expression and Happiness through Farming
- A Young Single Mom Fights “With the Power in Her Heart” to Make a Life for Her Kids
- A Woman Raised in a Refugee Camp Becomes a Successful Farmer
- New Roots Provides Peace with a New Place and a New Farm
