Marci McPhee se retiró para cuidar de su madre, que falleció antes de lo esperado. Consultó con el Señor qué hacer a continuación y se ha sentido llamada a un nuevo lugar cada dos años para prestar servicios a la comunidad y aprender.  (Click here to read the interview in English.) ¿Cuál es su biografía? Nací en Alemania, en una base militar estadounidense, mientras mi padre estaba en el ejército. Primer grado en Panamá, luego San Antonio, Texas a partir de segundo grado. Debido a esa experiencia de vivir en el extranjero, mis padres eran viajeros aventureros y nosotros los niños éramos i ..read more

Marci McPhee retired to care for her mother, who passed away sooner than expected. She consulted with the Lord about what to do next and has felt called to a new location every couple of years to provide community service and to learn. What’s the short bio version of who you are? I was born in Germany on a US military base while my dad was in the Army. First grade in Panama, then San Antonio, Texas from second grade on. Because of that experience living abroad, my parents were adventurous travelers and we kids were the same. Wanderlust is in my blood. Marci McPhee I joined The Church of Jesu ..read more

Rebecca Cheney grew up with music and wanted to sing in the Tabernacle Choir for as long as she can remember. She shared her audition process and some of her experiences as a member of the Choir. Could you tell us about your growing-up years and how music factored into that? I grew up in a military family – my dad was in the Army, so we moved a lot. I met my husband in Germany when we were teenagers because his dad was in the Army too. We got married when we were at BYU and had five boys. All five are married and we have three granddaughters. Music was always a part of my life. My mom and my g ..read more

Monica Packer worked hard at everything she did until perfection became an obsession. She hit rock bottom during college and again after she was married. She started an experiment to see what she could learn without making her goals a mandatory checklist and has embraced “progress over perfection.” Advisory: eating disorders, suicidal ideation Could you tell us about yourself growing up and how perfectionism became unhealthy? Monica Packer I’ve always loved learning and personal development, but a lot of us also know what it’s like when that goes too far. I became a stereotypical perfectioni ..read more

Ashli Carnicelli has always been a seeker – she studied many religions to identify the divine. She was adopted as a child and searched for her biological family. In just the past five years, in her late 30s, the pieces have been falling into place. I hear you have an interesting conversion story. I was raised Catholic until I was ten years old. My parents were very active – they ran the children’s choir, and we were very close to our priest. But when I was ten, my mom went back to school and was in a class where they studied scripture like a piece of literature or mythology, rather than as the ..read more

Jennifer Dinning does not consider herself a writer but felt prompted to create a blog to share the tender mercies of the Lord in her life. She hopes to inspire others to recognize the Lord’s tender mercies in their own lives as well.   Can you give us a little background on your life? I grew up in Utah and after high school, I went to Ricks College and served a mission in Sendai, Japan. When I returned home, I went to BYU Provo where I met my husband. We got married and moved to Colorado where our first two children were born, then moved to Ohio where I had an ectopic pregnancy and our t ..read more

Amber Corkin and Aubri Robinson are twin sisters who received a prompting that their daughters need to learn of women in the scriptures while growing up, more than they had as youth. They studied the scriptures and divine identity to help their children, and developed their own sense of divine identity along the way. They recently published Dear Divine Daughter: Inspiring Stories of Bible Women, a compilation of stories of women in the Bible.  Tell me about yourselves. Amber Corkin and Aubri Robinson AUBRI: We’re twins, and we’re thirty. I live in Minnesota and Amber lives in St. George ..read more

Lorianne Updike Toler began studying the US Constitution while in elementary school and her interest charted her educational course through multiple graduate degrees. As a constitutional legal historian, she has founded organizations to provide resources for constitutional study. She has been teaching at New England Law: Boston, and will begin teaching at Northern Illinois University College of Law in the fall. She plans to start another constitutionally-based nonprofit center. How did you become interested in studying the US Constitution and making that the focus of your career? Lorianne Upd ..read more

May is Mental Health Awareness month. Fiona Phillips and her husband have supported multiple family members experiencing mental illness. Their experience is being put to good use as they serve as Area Medical Advisor, supporting the health needs of full-time missionaries in California. Tell me about yourself and your family. Fiona Phillips I am currently serving as a senior missionary, living in Vista, California. My husband is retired from his profession as a physician, and for our assignment, he is the Area Medical Advisor and I’m his assistant. We help to coordinate medical and mental hea ..read more

A series of career steps in arts administration and management led Mykal Urbina to the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, a nonprofit organization committed to displaying and performing art by Latter-day Saints from around the world and sharing it with the broader public. She was recently named Executive Director. Tell me about how you came to work in management in the arts. Mykal Urbina I grew up in Gilbert, Arizona through high school. I went to college in upstate New York in Ithaca, which was a departure from what I was used to in every respect – the weather and community and political lea ..read more