Cohort 4
Fall 2022
Heather Coats is a Nurse Practitioner.
Interview with Heather
March 2023
What communities do you work with in your daily life?
Health Care, Nursing, Hospice and Palliative Care
What's something that's inspiring your writing these days?
Spring season; spending a good bit of time academic writing so less creative writing
What one thing has stuck with you most from your Certified Listener Poet experience?
Collaboration with my cohort; richness of The Good Listening Project’s greater community
Is there anything else you want people to know about you?
My program of research (storytelling: Narrative) funded by NIH
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