Beverly Hugo is interviewed by Karen Brewster on March 15, 2005 in Fairbanks, Alaska. On the first tape, Hugo talks about her personal history and becoming a health aide; communication systems; the start of Anaktuvuk Pass Clinic; rescues; health aide training and her family; dealing with death; working with doctors; taking care of terminal patients in the village and suicide in the village; and training in counseling.

On the second tape, Hugo describes health care for Alaska Natives; meeting Dr. Peter Marshal and deciding to become a physician's assistant; continuing education to become a PA; trying to set up a training center in Barrow; why the Barrow CHAP center didn't open; disconnect between health care providers and North Slope villages; why she stayed with the program so long; other challenging projects; and being the only health aide in a village and all her jobs.

On the third tape, Hugo talks about her last job in Barrow as a PA at the Samuel Simmons Memorial Hospital; Inupiaq traditional healing methods combined with Western style medicine; the advantages of cross-cultural care; health subjects that were culturally difficult to work with; confidentiality; what makes a good health aide; people who influenced her; how her outlook on life has been affected by being a health aide; and advice for young people thinking about becoming health aides.