Kate Fowler took the road less travelled to the job of her dreams as director of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute, but she's doing it now and that's all that matters.
 
Born in King George, Va., a tiny military town even smaller than Whitesburg, Ky., where Appalshop is located, she dropped out of school …

"It was some Captain Planet shit for sure. Power in numbers. When we all came together there was no reason we couldn't or shouldn't do it."
That's Matt Carter–the Earth, if you will, in this 90s cartoon analogy–explaining the genesis of what's quickly become a cultural touchstone in the Letcher County town of Whitesburg, …