Marta HansonCognoscenti contributorMarta Hanson is a student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government studying democracy, narrative and civic engagement. She’s currently based in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.Recently publishedI’ve Lived Through Wildfires Before, But Nothing Compares To This: A Letter From The West CoastOne hundred years ago, in the midst of another global pandemic, Marta Hanson's great-grandmother lived through a Minnesota wildfire that scorched 250,000 acres and displaced 50,000 people. Hanson wonders what...CognoscentiSep 18, 2020
I’ve Lived Through Wildfires Before, But Nothing Compares To This: A Letter From The West CoastOne hundred years ago, in the midst of another global pandemic, Marta Hanson's great-grandmother lived through a Minnesota wildfire that scorched 250,000 acres and displaced 50,000 people. Hanson wonders what...CognoscentiSep 18, 2020