2008 Truman Scholar
Katherine Ann Shires Blaisdell
After living across the country throughout her childhood, Katherine found a home at Chapman University in Southern California, only to travel the world. She has built houses in Mexico and studied social structures in France, taught children in South Africa, and lived in a farming village in Costa Rica. She is seeking degrees in law and foreign affairs, hoping to find home in a new place and devote government service to global justice.