Introducing our new summer reporter: Sarah Catterick
Our summer student reporter this year is Sarah Catterick. Sarah is a sophomore at Lee University in Tennessee where she is studying Public Relations. She has lived in the Moose Jaw area for the past 11 years since moving with her family from Kirriemuir, Scotland. Arriving at the age of 9 with a broad Scottish accent, Sarah was excited to find a vibrant Scottish heritage in the middle of the prairies which meant that she and her two younger sisters could continue the sport of Scottish highland dancing. In Canada that meant competing at Highland Games and travelling to the national Highland dancing championship, as well as performing in the Scottish Pavilion at Regina’s Mosaic Festival of Cultures. Sarah says, “Here in Canada we value cultural diversity. Living the first half of my life in Scotland and the second half here in Saskatchewan shows me just how significant that idea is.”
After graduating from high school, Sarah studied and travelled in a variety of countries. She completed a two-year bible degree at CFNI in Dallas, Texas, spent six weeks studying Mandarin Chinese in Xi’an, China, and taught English for a summer in an elementary school in Thailand.
Sarah’s work experience has also taken her to interesting places. She recently took a job working as an assistant to the Executive Director of FASD Network UK, a national charity in England. In that role, she was tasked with running social media campaigns and creating marketing materials to raise awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The job confirmed to her that Public Relations was a field she wanted to study further and make part of her future career. The opportunity to work at the Moose Jaw Express this summer is bringing together many of her past interests. Sarah says, “One of the things I particularly enjoy about this job is the opportunity to interview a lot of different people. It’s also great that I get a glimpse into the world of print media.”
You will find Sarah with camera and notepad in hand covering a variety of local events in Moose Jaw this summer before she returns to Tennessee in August to continue her studies.