It can be tough starting a new job; there’s all the new co-workers to meet, loads of paperwork to fill out, a new office layout to learn and a new commute to figure out.
But those challenges grow exponentially when you’re the delegate for the Northern Mariana Islands, and your new commute is roughly 8,000 miles.
“It’s almost a whole day,” said Del.-elect Kimberlyn King-Hinds. “I have to fly from Tinian to the capital island, which is Saipan, and then Saipan to Japan, [then] Japan to Denver, [and then] Denver to D.C. But on the way here there was a medical emergency, and we had to divert to Anchorage. So it took us longer than normal.”
