Carol Ann Carl is a storyteller, scholar and advocate for Micronesians. Home for Carl is Pohnpei, an island in the Federated States of Micronesia, but she currently lives in Hawaii, while studying at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Micronesians are navigators, it’s in their genealogy and DNA, explained Carl. As a navigator, she sees herself voyaging to Hawaii and, later in life, back to Pohnpei to uplift her community with the knowledge and experience she is gaining in school and through her advocacy work.
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