Annetta M. Sanow Sutton

“My passions come from a unique perspective and distinct experiences. Raised in a law enforcement family on an Indian reservation with personal knowledge of discrimination, domestic violence, addiction and significant losses gave me a familiarity of the fragility in the human person. Channeling those experience to work forming homeless shelters, serving on countless boards to address violence, racism, including the establishment of the Martin Luther King Commission, identifying the impact of addiction through my work as a member of the North Dakota Attorney Standards Boards and Adult Resource Center, Rural Survival Task Force, Catholic Family Service, North Dakota AIDS committee and Mission Haiti, to name a few. I also wrote a monthly column on the human condition. I have spent years working one on one with individuals and families to realize their potential.

More than anything, raising a family of five children and loving life to the fullest, I have always believed in the words of Mother Teresa: “Making a difference one person at a time” –words that serve my faith and belief in the inherent beauty of each human being.”