Michelle Overstreet is an avid reader. She’s the type who will devour a book swiftly, and leave sticky notes on the pages she especially likes. Overstreet was born and raised in Alaska, and in 2009, after pursuing two college degrees, she moved back to the state from Arizona, settling in the scenic Matanuska-Susitna Valley north of Anchorage.
“When I came back, it was very clear to me that we needed help for homeless youth,” Overstreet said. In 2010, she founded My House Mat-Su, an organization with the goal of empowering homeless and at-risk youth to be contributing, self-supporting members of their community.
This past spring, Rabbi Mendy Greenberg of Chabad’s Mat-Su Jewish Center in Palmer, Alaska, invited Overstreet and her organization — along with some eight other local groups — to partner with Chabad for a book signing at the Wasilla Public Library, held in honor of the Rebbe’s Birthday on 11 Nissan, marked as Education and Sharing Day…