People
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Wellness Program Producerwellness@kyuk.orgAleina Tanabe was KYUK's first Jesuit Volunteer. She worked as KYUK's Wellness Program Producer from 2017 to 2018. Aleina grew up in Kailua, Hawaii and studied Biology and Sociology at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. After graduating, she...
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Reporterchristine@kyuk.orgChristine Trudeau is a public radio reporter covering government and education for KYUK, serving the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta based in Bethel. She is a 2018-19 Investigative Fellow with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting....
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Videographer/Editor/Graphic Designerdean@kyuk.org
Dean first showed up at KYUK as a volunteer in 1986 on a Sunday night show called Radio Free Bethel, co-hosted with Craig McMahan (Martin McKenna).
In 1988 Dean was hired as master control operator for TV.
In 1990 Dean became the...
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Wellness Programming Producerwellness@kyuk.orgGabby Hiestand Salgado is a first year Jesuit Volunteer and is the new Wellness Programming Producer. She was raised in Seattle, Washington and went to school at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where she studied...
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Managing EditorJohanna Eurich's vivid broadcast productions have been widely heard on National Public Radio since 1978. She spent her childhood speaking Thai, then learned English as a teenager and was educated at a dance academy, boarding schools and with...
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ElderHi, my name is John Active. I have been working here at KYUK since the early 1970’s, over 40-years. I am a Yup’ik Eskimo living in Western Alaska, living in the Kuskokwim River Delta, in Bethel.
I am a Traditional Storyteller by trade,...
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Chief Engineerjoe@kyuk.orgJoe was born in Arizona but schooled in the Houston, Texas area. He served seven years in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club, and then attended Harvard on the Highway ( aka San Jacinto Jr. College). He eventually matriculated at Texas A&M University....
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Yup'ik Translator & On-Air Hostjulia@kyuk.orgJulia was born in Bethel and grew up in Tuntutuliak. She was born the last of 6 children. She was raised in a Yup’ik household and spoke only Yup’ik until she was about 10 years old.
Julia was married in 1995 and moved to Kwigillingok....
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Multimedia Producer/Directorkatie@kyuk.orgKatie Basile is a photographer and multimedia storyteller from Bethel, Alaska.
After graduating with a degree in Photojournalism from the University of Montana, Katie lived in Prague and interned with Spectrum Pictures. Eventually she...
