Rewind one year: It’s October 2017, and I’m beginning my Communications Internship at Treetops Collective. It has been four months since I graduated college, four months of being a “real adult,” free of due dates and sleepy-eyed studying. In one hand I'm...
Dana and I founded Treetops in the midst of a busy season of motherhood. With toddlers and babies in tow, we scribbled ideas on post-its, gathered the community for listening sessions, and took baby steps, and a couple of bold steps, to...
By Ellie Hutchison, a member of the Collective It took Sylvia’s family 17 years to be resettled. That meant 17 years of uncertainty. 17 years of struggling to live an ordinary, stable life—to find jobs, go to school, and create a sense...
By Kate Kooyman When you arrive at my child’s school, the doors are locked. You press a button, and stand and wait until someone buzzes you in. That means I’m sometimes standing there with nothing to do but read the PTA pancake...
