Stetson University's Anne Hallum named CNN Hero

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Courtesy photo / Stetson University Dr. Anne Hallum featured on CNN for work with Guatamalan children in need following a mud slide.

DELAND -- Since 1992, Stetson University Political Science Professor Dr. Anne Hallum's non-profit, the Alliance for International Reforestation, has helped more than 2,000 rural Guatemalan families protect their homes and villages from deadly mudslides by planting trees on mountainsides.

In addition, she also researched many local Guatemalan tree varieties and learned which ones could be strategically replanted to provide fruit, fertilizer, coffee, food and medicinal herbs.

Under her leadership, nearly 4 million trees have been planted throughout Guatemala. For Hallum's efforts, she has been named one of CNN television's 2011 Heroes.

Hallum's story will be aired this weekend (barring breaking news) at the times listed below: