Stephanie was raised in the mountains of northern California, and was educated at Humboldt State University in botany, among the towering redwood forests. A chance encounter with a recruiter at a job fair led her to southeast Alaska first in 2003, where she has made a permanent home. She makes a living commercial fishing and diving with her fisherman husband. Together they roam the length of southeast Alaska, chasing salmon, geoduck clams, and sea cucumbers. Stephanie is a licensed boat captain, and gives whale watching and scenic boat tours on the west coast of Prince of...more
