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I returned to the secondary classroom after 18 years working as a science education coordinator at a center for excellence, then over 10 years as an energy educator, and lastly a pre-service teacher educator. I have been an active member of state EE org. for 15 years, serving on board & past pres.

I am a Master's student at the University of Georgia, currently pursuing a Masters in Agricultural and Environmental Education.

Sandra was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a first-generation Guatemalan American. Her parents immigrated to the United States after the devastating Guatemalan earthquake of 1976. Having found a welcoming community of friends and family in the Bay, her family settled in to establish a home in San Mateo. Early adventures in life cemented her love for exploration; from local neighborhood parks and school field trips to visits to her home country and its rich beauty. Sandra currently works as a Park Ranger for the City of San Mateo and as the South Bay Program Coordinator for Latino Outdoors. Through her daily interactions with the public, she aims to communicate the importance of being empowered by taking responsibility for our choices and how we interact with the world. She loves exploring her home with its beautiful beach trails in Pacifica to dense redwood forests in the East Bay and beyond. Sandra hopes to share her love for nature with her growing family and create new exciting memories exploring what the Bay Area and the world have to offer!

Jacob's project seeks to educate and engage local farmers and food producers on the emerging relationship between global climate change and the local food system, in partnership with the Rutland Area Farm and Food. Vermont has an amazing network of sustainable food producers, marketers, educators, as well as citizens interested in local/sustainable food and agricultural issues (most notably the Vermont Farm to Plate Network) and Jacob hopes to utilize this abundant energy/resource every possible way in the project. Vermont Food System Atlas is a great starting point for anybody who is interested in food system issues and/or Vermont.     Jacob is very proud of the community-based research and engagement work that his students and peer faculty members at Green Mountain College are involved in every year. Check out this three minute video from the final student presentation (“Roadmap for Flood Resiliency: From Understanding Risks to Devising Community Action”) from a climate change and flood resiliency service learning project from the Spring 2014 semester. 

Jacob is a Vermont-based academic who specializes in research and teaching of the important links between business management, public policy, and global environmental change, most notably climate change. He is actively involved in a wide range of Vermont-based, national, and international scientific, business, and educational initiatives, including as a member of:  
Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Change (REACT) Investment Committee of the Kenya-based Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
Thematic Lead of the IUCN/World Conservation Union’s Commission on Ecosystem Management’s Ecosystem and Private Sector Group
Senior Fellow and former Board Member, Environmental Leadership Program  
Chair, Program Committee and Board Member, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility 

I am a master's degree student in biological sciences at the University of South Carolina. My research interests include climate change and marine larval ecology. I have a background in environmental education and an interest in pursuing a career in this field.