Teaching Service
![Nome youth Jonathan Outwater sits behind a radio microphone in the studio with KNOM volunteer Karen Trop.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-06-13-spring-at-knom-studios-006-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
Part of KNOM’s mission is to bring inspiration and education to Western Alaska. Sometimes, the station’s volunteers get to do so in person. Second-year volunteer Karen Trop has felt “blessed,” she says, to be able to work with youth through her service at KNOM.