About Susan Gabriel
Susan Gabriel grew up in the archetypal American South and became a licensed psychotherapist and marriage and family therapist, in part to understand the interesting array of characters in her Appalachian gene pool. Her family has lived in the Blue Ridge mountain area of the southeastern United States for many generations and in essence most of the family stories and knowledge of personalities were lost. Only a small handful of photographs remain, offering very few clues as to what this resilient farming family was like. This has fueled her passion to encourage families and individuals to leave tangible evidence of their family histories behind. Without it, Susan believes the richness of our lives and the roots our existence are lost.