User talk:Kristen Rutherford

Kristen Beverly Rutherford was born on January 12th, 1977. She grew up in the city of Saskatoon, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Kristen attended St. Augustine elementary school through grade 8, graduating in 1990. Her high school years (grades 9-12) were spent at Evan Hardy Collegiate Institute from 1990-1994. She entered the University of Saskatchewan in the fall of 1994, intending to pursue a Biology degree but soon realized her interests lied elsewhere. She continued her education at the U of S as an Arts & Science student, majoring in English. Student loans and work as an Operator with SaskTel enabled Kristen's post-secondary studies. She graduated in the spring of 2000.

Later that same year, Kristen traveled overseas with friends and visited parts of Morocco, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. In 2001, she applied and was accepted to Recording Arts Canada's audio engineering program. That fall, she moved to Hamilton, Ontario to attend the Stoney Creek school. However, the private school was poorly managed and under-equipped. The teaching staff's ineptitude managed to alienate the class of 70 students. Kristen returned home to Saskatoon in 2002, disenchanted by her mediocre scholastic experience. However, she had gained a new partner in life, fellow classmate Zach Low (from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario).

Kristen resumed employment at Sasktel, working in both the Residential Sales and Repair departments. A long time listener of Saskatoon's Community Radio Station, CFCR 90.5 FM, Kristen began volunteering at the station. She began working in the station's Music Library and began co-hosting the Monday 8-10am edition of CFCR's Green Eggs & Ham program with Zach. In time, they moved to an evening slot and hosted Rocketship Radio on Thursday evenings from 9-11pm. Kristen also became employed part-time at Community Radio, working there as well as at SaskTel.

In late 2005, Kristen was offered a full time position at CFCR Radio and left SaskTel for that endeavor. She continued to host and work at Community Radio in Saskatoon until 2008. At that point, she began crusading for democracy in places where it was not welcome.