Born in California, Susan Kinne spent her first 20 adult years in Cincinnati, Ohio, teaching and working in the semiconductor industry. In 1989, she moved to Nicaragua to join the National Engineering University (UNI), where she grew into a promoter of human dignity via sustainable use of resources, particularly renewable energies. With her students, she co-founded Grupo Fenix and formed the Alternative Energy Sources Program at the UNI. In recent years, Susan has focused on the Solar Community in Totogalpa in northern Nicaragua.
