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Since 2017 I have served as Audubon Vermont's Education Manager.  I Oversee the Green Mountain Audubon Center’s educational programming and act as the primary interface with teachers, parents, science curriculum coordinators and other organizations participating in Audubon programs. I Develop and teach the Green Mountain Audubon Center’s education programs and summer day camp programs as well as serve as Summer Day Camp Director.

PUDDLESTOMPERS' mission is to connect the youngest naturalists, ages 2 to 8 (and their parents and caregivers) to the open spaces in their communities. PUDDLESTOMPERS seeks to help build the foundation for a lifelong enjoyment, love of the outdoors, and a lasting stewardship of nature.

Ariel joined the NAAEE team in September of 2021 as a Senior Administrative Assistant. Prior to this role, she has over 15 years of administrative experience in a laboratory and office setting. She is originally from the suburbs of Illinois and moved to Washington DC in 2009, where she attended Howard University. She received her B.A. in Psychology at the College of Arts and Sciences with a minor focus in Administration of Justice. She aspires to travel the world to learn and experience cultures outside her own. Should Italy be next?

Chief Fairy Godmother

Connecting children and nature through fun outdoor educational activities

 

Doreen has a deep desire to ignite a love of nature in children using her magical ability to communicate with all ages. She has degrees in Cultural Anthropology, Early Childhood and Elementary Teaching. She then went on to complete a Masters in Special Education.

Her smile disarms and gives an opening to understanding opposing views that is so needed in our world. She is a lifelong student of philosophical and metaphysical methods that expand human thought into various realms where the sacred and scientific are beginning to intersect.

It’s her vision and listening skills that allow her to walk as one with nature and all creation. She holds a great wealth of ancient wisdom from indigenous cultures. She is an educator and master at igniting a passion within those she meets.

Doreen recently joined the Board for Caregivers of Mother Earth where she immediately made significant contributions and continues to lead with courage and an unstoppable joy in living.

Teaching at risk high school students how to succeed in an academic environment while enhancing their self-esteem, self-worth and connection to the community and wonderful world that surrounds them.

I am currently work for ODC Network as a nature-based preschool director at Dragonflies Discovery Preschool in Holland, MI. I have worked as a naturalist and early-childhood nature-based preschool teacher previously. I have a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Special Education and love teaching children, staff, and families about the outdoors!

I serve Westgate Community School as the Environmental Education Coordinator. Westgate is a K-12 charter school that focuses on whole child education. EE lessons and service learning projects are incorporated weekly with support of on campus chickens, goats, barn cats, gardens, and bee hives.

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, accredited school dedicated to fostering awareness, enhancing respect, and promoting personal responsibility for the natural world through inspiring environmental education experiences.