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Amy Choate-Nielsen

Amy Choate-Nielsen is a special projects reporter for the Deseret News where she covers a variety of in-depth issues, including the environment, public welfare and education. Since joining the paper in 2004, she has covered municipal politics in Utah County as well as the west side of Salt Lake County. As a Utah transplant originally from Connecticut, Amy graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo with a degree in print journalism, a minor in English and a love of the Beehive State. She lives in the suburbs with her husband and two children.

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Recent Articles by Amy Choate-Nielsen

Family bonds can form in an instant

Published: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

Nothing teaches more about the bonds of family than the birth of a newborn.

Family history roots have fruit for generations

Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

I shouldn't have listened when my classmates in a new state teased me about being from Oklahoma.

Being busy is just part of being a mom

Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

Generations of mothers must have had a hard time getting their family out of the proverbial door.

April showers bring a family history birthday surprise

Published: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

Birthdays can be a big deal — in some ways more than ever, and in other ways less.

A proud prairie woman shaped my education more than a century ago

Published: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:22 am MDT

My family's educational bent was born more than a century ago in the sparsely populated plains of Texas.

Education and an old-fashioned recipe for marital bliss

Published: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

My grandmother earned her master's degree in 1966 when she was 55 years old — but she didn't do it alone.

No matter the classroom, the lesson is the same

Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:31 am MDT

I'm perplexed over what school to send my daughter to. But looking to my grandmother's example, maybe the greater lesson can be taught in any classroom.

Is college getting too expensive for Americans?

Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:15 pm MDT

As the amount of student debt in America has grown to nearly $1 trillion and the average cost of college tuition has dramatically increased, some experts say that the model of higher education is reaching a cri...

When do moms and grandmas get to stop cleaning the floor?

Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:40 pm MST

My kids make messes and I clean them up. But at some point, I wonder if their appreciation and adoration will kick in and inspire them to keep their messes at a minimum.

A 'grape' idea: medicine comes in all shapes and sizes

Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:23 pm MST

If my grandmother, a registered nurse, was willing to eat only grapes to cure her cancer, what else could I be doing to treat my little aches and pains?

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