Valene MC

My name is Valene Peratrovich and I was born & raised in Anchorage, Alaska. 
The book that changed my life was, Walden by Henry David Thoreau. My favorite speech of all time was by Elizabeth Peratrovich (my great-aunt) in 1945 at the Alaskan Senate meeting regarding anti-discrimination for Alaska Natives. She was a pioneer in the civil rights movement 10 years prior to Rosa Parks bus seat demonstration and 19 years before the passing of the 1964 civil rights act.