Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
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Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma is the editor of catapult magazine, a bi-weekly online publication affiliated with the organization culture is not optional (*cino). She and her husband Rob are the co-founders of a non-profit, volunteer-run fair trade store called World Fare in Three Rivers, Michigan, where *cino purchased an historic school in 2009 for future college and community development programs. They also share a position in the Student Activities Office at Calvin College in Grand Rapids.
Biking, reading, eating local produce and creating opportunities for education and community are among her favorite activities and she is grateful that life in the Great Lakes region allows for such pleasures.
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