The Highland Park Neighborhood Association is beginning 2025 with a series of introduction posts of our board members. Now you’ll be able to recognize them on the street; please say “hi!”.

Corina VanDuinen
Board Role: Treasurer, board member for two (2) years

I'm a settler and steward of ancestral land of the Anishinaabe: the Ojibwe, Odawa and Bodéwadmi people, also known as the People of the Three Fires.

I am a mother. I love animals. I co-parent three dogs. I've tended to this little plot of Earth for many moons; nearly thirty years. I love gardening. To watch the miracle of life, death, and rebirth in the story of a flower is pure magic.

I'm a romantic. I love all life, and I'm fiercely protective of it. We are all connected. Everyone and everything is essential and beloved. I wish for everyone to have access to the beauty and healing nature provides. Her trees, birds, rolling fields, and streams—we need them all—now more than ever. In these times of uncertainty, we need community now more than ever. We need safe, supportive spaces for everyone.

If you would like to support the Highland Park Neighborhood Association you can make donations at our donations page. The association is entirely funded by community support.