National Trust Features a “Fearless” Restoration by UMD HISP Alum

May 24, 2019 / Updated Aug 21, 2019

HISP alumna Sarina Otaibi’s (M.H.P.’11) post-graduate restoration of an 1800’s Scandinavian church in her hometown of Granite Falls, Mn., was featured this week on the National Trust for Historic Preservation blog. The church, which she and her mother saved from demolition, went from inhabitable to a community treasure, used now for concerts and events in her hometown. Read about Sarina’s journey—and see pictures of the restoration—here.