People

Little Trees Program Supervisor at The Morton Arboretum in Illinois, Founder of Northern Illinois Nature Preschool Association, and Executive Leadership Team member of the Council of Nature and Forest Preschools through Natural Start Alliance.

I am currently pursuing a master's degree in Marine Sciences at the University of Miami graduating in December 2022. My thesis focuses on Culturally Responsive Environmental Education (CREE) research conducted during my time at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

I am an environmental educator with a focus on wildlife. I lived abroad in Namibia for the last 3 years. In Namibia I ran the education department for a NGO that focused on saving the wild cheetah. I am interested in predator conservation, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, & backyard habitats.