(Courtesy of Bess the Book Bus) Bess the Book Bus, a Florida-based literacy organization, last visited the Navajo Nation in 2018 (pictured). In April, the organization's founder shipped 1,500 books to Montezuma Creek Elementary School in San Juan County.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.