Dear Friends,

We're delighted to invite you to an intimate circle with Pat Benincasa in conversation with Natalie Zett

Tuesday, May 18th 2PM -3:30PM Pacific

Natalie Zett is an award winning journalist and genealogy researcher with a passion for finding family stories.  Part, historian, part detective, multi language translator, she traces a family history over centuries and countries. Featured in Family Tree Magazine, she has a web of colleagues and friends worldwide as she looks for ancestral documents to make lost relatives come to life.  Natalie said: "Talking to the dead through records, documents, photographs and DNA, they meet you half way when you look for them."

Tuesday's circle will afford the opportunity to hear reflections and insights from Natalie's unique life journey. How does tracing your family's past influence your present? What does it mean to connect with our ancestors?  What kinds of unexpected discoveries do we open ourselves up to when we delve into the mystery of history?  And how did Natalie, who works in IT for the state government in Minnesota, and has a masters in Systematic theology, and was once a playwright and actor -- how did she come to this unusual calling? These are some of the questions that will be delved into. In conversation with Natalie will be her partner and podcast host Pat Benincasa....

More about Pat? She's a visual artist, a first-generation Italian-American and storytelling holds a compelling place in her DNA. She is also the host of "Fill to Capacity," a budding podcast series featuring conversations that veer off into the realm of life stories, insights, mistakes, joys and lessons learned and unlearned. Each episode ignites a spontaneous alchemy of shared experiences to reframe how we walk in uncertain times.

We look forward to the possibility of having you with us.