Meet Eli K.
Four days after graduating from high school in 2020, Eli moved to Fairbanks from his childhood home in Big Lake, near Anchorage, Alaska. He had a job as a wildland firefighter but nowhere to live.
![Eli assists with building a bonfire for UAF's fall Nanook Tradition, Starvation Gulch](/nanooknation/images/2024/MS-23-7542-70_square.jpg)
Meet Brenna S.
Brenna may be from a small Alaska town originally, but she's seen enough of the world to know that UAF is where she wants to be today.
![Brenna holding a bouquet of flowers](/nanooknation/images/2024/IMG_4749_square.jpg)