Kim Holmlund reflects upon working with children. (Photo —Diane Chase)

Finding the right career is a journey of its own, and for some people, that road divides with the search. Others never veer, and still more take the bends and turns life gives only to realize the choice was theirs all along. Kim Holmlund reflects on her vocation and realizes that no matter what occupation she pursued she always found herself directed toward learning. “The common thread in my career,” she says, “has always been working with children and education.” Currently, Kim is a kindergarten teacher at the Northern Lights School, a Waldorf Initiative in Saranac Lake. Born in Freeport, on the south shore of Long Island, Kim grew up and graduated high school in that same coastal city. She eventually went to college at SUNY Oswego, graduating with an industrial arts education degree. Early in her career she struggled with finding the right avenue and deciding whether or not to teach. Certified to teach technology from kindergarten through 12th grade, Kim focused on graphic ar