Dawn Donalson,  Certified GAPS Coach, is a native southerner transplanted to the rocky mountain area on the Western Slope of Colorado.   She pushes through life with grit and determination, having experienced and overcome some severe childhood illnesses, and learning disabilities and now raises seven free-range farm children, three grandchildren and animals with her husband of 24 years on their 5-acre spread in northeast Grand Junction. Through her business, Shag Valley Farms, Dawn promotes Healthy Traditions for Healthy Families ranging from home-school lessons, nutrition, and homeopathic remedies.  Her family adheres to a diet centered around Gut and Psychology Syndrome to promote overall physical and neurological health and healing, and her animals are raised on pasture grass and a feed formulated without soy, GMO’s or corn.