{"id":65466,"date":"2022-02-21T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=65466"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T17:22:05","slug":"humans-of-flagstaff-kate-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/humans-of-flagstaff-kate-ellis\/","title":{"rendered":"Humans of Flagstaff: Kate Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAU Communications sat down with Kate Ellis <\/strong>the Faculty Senate president and professor of costume design in the Theatre Department. Read our questions and her \"Ellis\"<\/a>answers below.<\/p>\n

Tell me about a significant childhood memory and how it has impacted your life today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

When I was in eighth grade, I went on a class camping trip and camping got into my bones. I do not come from a family who camps or hikes, but I connected with being outside on a visceral level. I remember wandering away on my own into the forest, sitting by a snowmelt stream. In 2010, I took a monthlong solo road and camping trip\u2014a kind of walkabout. I started in Utah, went through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, southern British Columbia to Vancouver, then down the pacific coast to San Francisco, over to Yosemite and then home. I had one reservation for the whole trip, for two nights in Vancouver. I\u2019d always been so planned, reservations for everything, with the goal of getting to the next place, and I just wandered and explored where I was and moved on when I was done. It was the kind of trip I\u2019d always wanted to do and waited for someone to do it with. I finally just did it. It was life changing to spend that much time alone, camping and hiking. I\u2019d heard that every woman should take a trip alone and I\u2019d travelled alone before, but never like that. I visited an aunt along the way and she asked me where on earth the trip had come from, as it was not something I\u2019d learned from my family. And I told her about that camping trip when I was in eighth grade. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What have you been most proud of this week?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve (almost, as it\u2019s Thursday when I\u2019m writing this) gotten through the week without falling down, literally or figuratively, and I\u2019ve managed to keep all the tasks I\u2019m juggling in the air.\u00a0That\u2019s a good week.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your favorite way to spend a day off?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I love to hike. I don\u2019t have as much time as I would like to go hiking anymore, but when I can get out on a trail, I feel like I can breathe, relax and just be. My second date with my husband was hiking up Schultz Pass, and one of our traditions is to find a new place to go hiking to celebrate the New Year. Getting away from the sounds of civilization, so I can really hear the wind in the trees, a stream, birds and animals, feel a cool breeze and the sun on my face is the most restoring experience. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are three things on your\u202fbucket\u202flist\u202fand why?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I want to stand in front of the Taj Mahal, Shakespeare\u2019s grave and Michelangelo\u2019s \u201cDavid.\u201d \u00a0If I\u2019m standing in front of them, that means I\u2019m there and that I\u2019ve travelled to India, England and Italy. In the case of the Taj Mahal and the \u201cDavid\u201d, I\u2019d be seeing two of the most culturally and artistically revered buildings and statues in the world. As to Shakespeare\u2019s grave, I work in theatre, and he\u2019s Shakespeare.<\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What is your philosophy in life?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Show up.\u00a0All of the most amazing and best experiences of my life have been because I showed up, I took the opportunities that came my way and made the best of them I could. I worked hard, I said yes (sometimes too much), but I\u2019ve showed up in my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you could pick one piece of advice to give someone, what would it be? <\/span><\/h3>\n

Learn to say no. While showing up to my life and saying yes a lot, I\u2019ve learned to set boundaries and say no. It\u2019s one of the hardest but most important and most powerful things I\u2019ve done and has enabled me to both show up and step back and away.\u00a0When I say no, it means I don\u2019t have something else I don\u2019t necessarily have time for added to my plate, and someone else gets the opportunity. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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