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Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Media

Patience, Persistence Serve Alaska’s Health Commissioner Well In Government – And In Fishing

By Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Media September 2, 2015 Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News Original

Valerie Davidson, an advocate who became Alaska’s top health official, still loves spending her time fishing for salmon and cooking for her Yup’ik family.

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