On camera, she sometimes wears a cardigan sweater, albeit sans zipper. She uses that soothing, evenly modulated voice that can entrance even the most rambunctious little ones. She looks straight into the camera and talks directly to the audience, wide-eyed, with genuine childlike wonder.
Mari Soliday is, it seems, Mr. Rogers incarnate.
âNo,â said Soliday, blushing beneath her COVID-19 mask, âbecause I donât change my shoes (on camera).â
Fair enough.
But since March, when the pandemic essentially shut down all programs at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Soliday has hosted the twice-monthly âFamily Fridayâ Facebook Live virtual program, during which she engages elementary-aged children in the science and culture of the Colorado Plateau with fun activities, informative guests and challenging science experiments viewers can try at home.