Mary Kate Hafner

Mary Kate Hafner has been contributing to COMO Magazine since 2018. A graduate of Stephens College, she works in communications and plays on the area’s many trails. She loves human interest stories and collects as many as she can through her travels. Mary Kate lives in Columbia with her husband, Daniel, and their little dog, Andy. She is attempting to learn French. It’s going just okay.
Articles
Entrepreneurship is often described in terms of risk and reward. Behind an entrepreneur’s drive for...
Standing half-clothed, staring into the mirror, coffee in hand, with droplets of sweat gathering on...
Research institutions, such as the National Institution of Health (NIH), have focused more on fatherlessness...
Columbia’s dining scene is evolving. Refresh your restaurant rotation and discover new favorites. Columbia is...
Visiting a grocery store is an everyday activity many people do without a second thought....
United Community Builders brings a new future to Columbia’s Third Ward....
The Columbia Community Land Trust (CCLT) is a pioneering model for creating permanently affordable housing....
Unchained Melodies advocates for the dogs with no voice....
Henna artist Siham Nour brings an ancient tradition to Columbia....
Whether it’s transgenerational, individual, or collective, trauma has impacted all of us. Trauma manifests itself...
Trash To Cash
COMO Staff
Uncommon carriers
COMO Staff
Race for space, fuels building boom
COMO Staff
My Mom’s Superpower: Remembering Food Preferences
Laura Scheffler Johnson
Kick It in COMO! The U.S. Advances to World Cup Round of 16
Jodie Jackson Jr.
Hoss’s BBQ Beans
Jim "Hoss" Koetting
Rediscovering Moberly
Sunitha Bosecker
The People Make the Month
Sean Spence
What We Don’t Talk About
Bradley Williams
The COMO Mojo: What the Road Gave Me Back
Kelsey Winkeljohn
Sci-Fi Thriller With a Familiar Setting
Olivia DeSmit