Nina moved to Steamboat Springs in 1983 after graduating from CU Boulder. She worked in property management, and then at Moots/Sore Saddle until moving to Arizona in 1989. The 'Yampa Valley Curse' brought her back to Steamboat Springs in 1997. After retiring from a 20-year career as a yoga instructor and yoga therapist, she pursued a Masters in Library Information Science, and was hired as the Technical Services Librarian at Bud Werner Memorial Library.
A school-teacher in the early 20th century. The first school she taught at was up at Escalante, about 28 miles from Delta, and she only had two students. She was from Kannah Creek.