I moved to a tiny Alaskan village and worked as a teacher to 5 students. I was able to save $1,000 a month, see the Northern Lights, and walk on glaciers.

• Taryn Williams moved to a tiny Alaskan village to work as a teacher, in 2020.
• She says teaching was more enjoyable in the village because it was more 1-on-1. 
• Williams also says she was shocked by the high prices of items, but got to experience things she only dreamed of.

In 2020, I moved to a tiny village in Alaska to take a teaching job. Living and working in Perryville, a village of less than 100 people, is beyond anything that I knew existed when I was a child. In many ways, this has been a dream for me.