Ky Mortensen

Ky Mortensen is director of advancement for the Equine Health Studies Program at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine.

Articles by: Ky Mortensen

The Giving Tree

You probably read it when you were young, or you’ve read it to your own children at some point, but there’s a wonderful story out there by Shel Silverstein called The Giving Tree. Originally published in 1964, the story is that of a young ma

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New Beginnings

If you had never been to Louisiana before, you might drive through the southern countryside today, passing sugarcane fields and oil refineries, and across bridge after bridge spanning a seemingly endless swampland, without too heavy of a reminde

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