Reagan Wiles

Student Producer

Emily Spain & Catie Critchfield's “special heart"

Becca Newton

Five-year-old Catie Critchfield and her mother, KOMU’s Emily Spain spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at a pop-up event at the Daniel Boone Regional Library on February 19th.They taught us that February is Heart Month – a time to focus on cardiovascular health and spoke about why that's important their family.
Shaun Smith: “Every moment you have with your family, with your colleagues, you know, being an educator with students and parents is precious.”

Reagan Wiles

Shaun Smith is a Columbia area educator. He spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the CoMo 200 celebration on the Fourth of July.Sean has a decade of teaching under his belt, and often imparts knowledge of Missouri history onto the future generations that walk through his classroom. He spoke about some the challenges he faced as a teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic – as classes moved online.