For The Washington Post
GRANITE FALLS, MN - DECEMBER 10, 2020: Ashley Hanson, 37, of Granite Falls, MN, poses for a portrait on December 10, 2020. Hanson is a 2018-2020 Obama Fellow, and works to bring community-based theater to rural areas. Hanson co-founded a production company called PlaceSpace Productions, and also started Department of Transformation, a non-profit that works with artists to find creative solutions to address social issues in rural communities.