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BRATTLEBORO â Amelia Shillingford grew up outside of Boston, but in her heart sheâs always been a Vermonter.
âVermont is about sense of purpose. Itâs about community and connection and nature and simplicity of life,â said Shillingford, who has lived in Vermont since 2011 and has worked at the Brattleboro Retreat since 2016. âIâve always been connected to Vermont and its values.â
Shillingford spent summers in Vermont, at Aloha Camp, a girls camp, in Fairlee, where she experienced all of those things.
âI was loved and valued, not for how smart I was, just for who I was,â she said.