Sue Saltmarsh

Before working in the HIV/AIDS field, Sue experienced non-profit life in the Arts. Since coming to Chicago in 1980 to attend the DePaul/Goodman School of Drama, she worked costuming film, theatre, opera and dance. For nine years, she toured the globe as the first Wardrobe Supervisor for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. For those who believe that “life on tour” is a glamorous adventure, she rolls her eyes.

After several unsatisfactory personal experiences with allopathic medicine, she combined her spiritual quest with a growing interest in herbal and natural healing and, in 1991, migrated to New Mexico to attend the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Upon her certification as a clinical herbalist, she returned to Chicago and worked for 3 years as an herbalist at the AIDS Alternative Health Project and from 1993 - 2005 as herbalist, energy worker and ear candler at Project Vida.

Sue began a new chapter in her job life, coming to TPAN in 2004, first as an Administrative Assistant, then Office Manager/Executive Assistant and then as Project Manager, coordinating the expansion of TPAN into the new space at 5541 Broadway. Always an avid reader and writer, Sue is now thrilled to have moved from the facilities/operations side of TPAN to work as Editorial Assistant for Positively Aware, where she can allow her alter-ego, The Word Nazi, free to assist her as she searches relentlessly for misplaced apostrophes and less-than-perfect syntax in the articles published in PA. She is also learning (in her 50’s) to navigate the inscrutable world of cyberspace so she can post long-winded (but hopefully entertaining) entries in the community forum and her blog at www.positivelyaware.com.

Columns

September/October 2009

Wholistic Picture
What’s Next?
by Sue Saltmarsh

November/December 2008

The Wholistic Picture
A World Together?
Health care, not just insurance
by Sue Saltmarsh

July/August 2008

Wholistic Picture
Balancing Male and Female
We all carry both genders within
by Sue Saltmarsh

March/April 2008

Wholistic Picture
The Real Heroes
by Sue Saltmarsh


Articles

What’s for Breakfast
(and Lunch and Dinner)?
HIV and what you eat, drink, and take
by Sue Saltmarsh

Tiger Medicine
A Native American woman’s story
by Sue Saltmarsh

Evany Turk
A success story
Interview by Sue Saltmarsh

Where Are They Now
Whatever happened to Compound Q and
the rest of them?
by Sue Saltmarsh