Erin Oertli's (eoertli) Blog

My Dad Creating Miracles by Way of Free College: It’s already working for South Seattle grads  **Below, is an article written in the Seattle Times on January, 20, 2015** All students who graduate from three South Seattle high schools can go to community college for a year for free, part of an eff...

My Fiance and I spend a lot of time talking. About all kinds of stuff. Politics, work, and our journey to get where we are. You'll see a bunch of these tandom posts in my blog in the months and years to come. Our first discusses how each of us see our role in becoming a loving couple capable of l...

(On September 11th, my girlfriend Erin and I left for Cabo for a week long vacation. Little did we know that a few short days later, we would be in the middle of the worst Hurricane to ever hit the shores of Cabo. What follows is my girlfriend's retelling of the events of those four days in Cabo ...

Why Do I Consider Myself a Democrat?  Our country has become increasingly polarized politically, and amidst all the commotion, I’m only a few short months from marrying someone that, at one point, found himself on the opposite side of the aisle from where I sit (pun intended).  Having never dated...