Renee Cardarelle has twenty plus years of experience in working on community building and social justice. She is a non-profit leader, a community building facilitator, a racial justice practitioner, a researcher exploring the intersection of civic engagement and government, an educator, a mother and a lifelong learner. She focuses on creating a world that is healthy, thriving and healing. Recently Renee moved to East Grand Forks, Minnesota where she is employed as a Visiting Professor at the Political Science and Public Administration Department at the University of North Dakota and teaches about all things government. Renee was born, raised and lives in the wonderful world of rural Minnesota.