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If you purchase a Coca-Cola product anywhere in the Last Frontier, it’s a good bet that natural sciences alumna and director of sales for the Odom Corporation in Alaska Lessie Kincaid helped get it in your hand.

Each fall, the UAA Alumni Association celebrates three Alumni of Distinction for their contributions to their chosen fields and community. This year's honorees are Alumni of Achievement Jacki Holzman, Alumni Humanitarian Angelia Trujillo and Alumni Emerging Leader Vanessa Norman.

2019 Alumni Emerging Leader Vanessa Norman is an attorney with a specialization on assisting Alaska Native corporations with general corporate matters, living up to a long family legacy of working toward the betterment of Alaska Native people.

2019 Alumni Humanitarian Angelia Trujillo has become forensic nursing leader in Alaska, advocating and supporting patients as a women’s health nurse practitioner, and educating the community by establishing the Alaska Comprehensive Forensic Training Academy.

2019 Alumni of Achievement Jacki Holzman is the deputy regional administrator for the Alaska region of the Federal Aviation Administration. Her position is the culmination of a 27-year career with the FAA and keeps the organization afloat by connecting its various operations and stakeholders to address aviation safety.

‘Tis the season to finally dig up the skis and start thinking about hitting the trails, unless you’re Jenna DiFolco who’s been preparing for the yet-to-arrive ski season all summer.

‘Tis the season to finally dig up the skis and start thinking about hitting the trails, unless you’re Jenna DiFolco who’s been preparing for the yet-to-arrive ski season all summer.

Abigail Brown, clinical psychology student and former Marine, took a chance on an unexpected opportunity to intern for Alaska U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan this summer, and learned that there’s a lot more cooperation in D.C. than what’s portrayed in the media.

For Alaska engineering firm PND Engineers Inc., hiring local UAA College of Engineering graduates is beneficial not just for their company's immediate needs, but in the long term as well.

For Alaska engineering firm PND Engineers Inc., hiring local UAA College of Engineering graduates is beneficial not just for their company's immediate needs, but in the long term as well.