Open Letter to Big Pati & Culture Crew from a Micronesian Parent
Dear Big Pati, Culture Crew, and your drinking buddies, My name is Vidalino Staley Raatior, a proud Chuukese, Micronesian parent of an island girl. I …
Three Rules to Live By – Lou Holtz
Everybody needs something to do. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to believe in. Everybody need something to hope for.
Gratitude for my doctoral journey
Life has been one giant roller coaster since my dissertation defense, graduation celebrations, family vacation back on the Big Island to bid farewell to friends …
Graduating with Humility
I’m deeply grateful for the friends, students, and community leaders who came to support me for my doctoral defense presentation. On July 22, 2017 I …
My Dissertation Abstract
After 3 years of coursework, research, writing, I didn’t realize how hard it would be to synthesize the dissertation into a maximum 350-word abstract. Here’s …
Life lessons from seafaring Micronesians
Recently, I was asked to introduce my friend and pwo (master navigator) Raigetal who was the closing keynote speaker at the Center for Pacific Islands …