Christina Eubanks leads an Anchorage nonprofit child care center with a well-trained and devoted staff in an industry beset with labor shortages. Eubanks, who wanted to be a nun when she was young until her mother reminded her they weren’t Catholic, has been working in nonprofits since graduating from college.

At the time of her sabbatical, she had spent 15 years at Hillcrest. During the pandemic, she was able to keep her staff employed, care for children of essential workers, and stay open for the community.

She says she is looking forward to sleep, alone time at Chena Hot Springs, a Hawaii camping trip with her husband, and unstructured time with their children