• Exercised a variety of skills such as training staff and crew, outreach to community partners, developing curricula, designing evaluation tools, writing program reports and managing a budget. • Recruited, hired, trained and worked alongside staff, volunteers and disadvantaged youth with emphasis on building emotional intelligence, job and life skills through farming in community. • Trained and engaged teens in all aspects of sustainable farming, running a mobile produce market for senior residences and working to get produce displayed at our local Food Bank. • Built resiliency in young people through guided self-reflection, therapeutic elements, and community connection. • Engaged youth employees in weekly goal-setting paired with personal and community feedback sessions.• Navigated conflict within crew by offering workshops in positive communication and conflict-resolution and by mediating solution-focused conversations.• Designed, documented and facilitated farm and food education and social-emotional workshops. • Communicated with families, court and school staff, and therapists to ensure wrap-around support was happening. • Coordinated collaborative work with several community partners to better meet youth and community needs; utilized feedback for program development. • Analyzed data from qualitative and quantitative evaluation tools along with information gathered from focus groups to improve and expand upon programing.• Developed and implemented policies and procedures specific to the physical and emotional safety of Youth Harvest Project crew members and staff. • Drafted budget projections and successfully managed program budget throughout the year. • Coordinated with other administrative staff on marketing, outreach, media and fundraising strategies.• Utilized Garden City Harvest’s preferred data base to track youth, community partners and program donors over the years.• Participated in and supported organizational strategic planning.

• Co-led groups of 6 teens on 6 week wilderness therapy backpacking trips; worked seasonally, 14-28 days on and 6-10 days off from April through August.• Consulted with program Therapist about implementation of treatment plans for each teen.• Worked strategically and collaboratively with other field staff to navigate safely through a day’s travels, address physical and emotional needs of participants, plan teambuilding and enrichment activities, and create a transformative experience for our youth.• Utilized the wilderness experience, one-on-one mentoring and group facilitation to empower youth to make positive change and overcome challenges.• Facilitated groups aimed at developing compassion, empathy, openness and understanding.• Navigated and managed crisis such as anxiety attacks, aggressive behaviors, youth on the run, and conflict within the group.• Taught wilderness survival, leave no trace ethics and ecology lessons; developed wilderness ecology curriculum for Inner Roads Program.• Conducted weekly health-checks and administered first-aid and medical interventions in the back country. • Kept meticulous, daily records of each youth using the DAP (data, assessment, plan) method of record keeping. • Reported daily to administrative support using a satellite phone to communicate successes, challenges and wellbeing of field staff and youth.• Progressed from entry-level to lead staff, supporting and training new staff in the field.

• Led groups of 2-20 adults and families on memorable day hikes and 3-4 day backpacking trips in Glacier National Park. • Prepared guests for excursions by giving safety talks, overview of itinerary, and checking that everyone had appropriate gear.• Provided interpretation of Glacier National Park’s natural and cultural history. • Engaged groups in conversation, games and explorations to keep spirits high and motivated struggling hikers when terrain was hard and bodies were tiered.• Supported logistics such as route planning, securing permits, preparing meals and providing transportation.

• Worked in partnership with a mental health therapist to provide support to emotionally and behaviorally challenged teens in a school-based Youth Enhancement Program. • Collaborated with classroom teachers, parents and therapist to develop and implement positive behavioral and educational interventions. • Provided both classroom and one-on-one support to implement behavior interventions, deescalate student behavior and act as role model. • Developed and co-facilitated groups focused on life skills, social skills and coping strategies. • Designed and led two, week-long summer camps that fused outdoor recreation, adventure challenge, and community service with intent to develop self-esteem, team-work and sense of community. • Prepared for and responded to crisis. • Entered monthly data and documented daily student interactions for billing Medicaid, CHIP and private insurance.

• Taught 10th-12th grade students using interdisciplinary, project-based model of education.• Developed four semesters of unique curricula with emphasis on biology, ecology and environmental studies.• Used school garden, local natural areas, and farms to teach subjects including ecology, agriculture, math, food and nutrition, and sustainability. • Collaborated with partner teacher to integrate language arts and social studies curriculum. • Built strong partnerships with community-based organizations to enhance in-class learning with real-world, service-oriented experience. • Designed, administered and evaluated pre- and post-assessment tools to track both student learning and effectiveness of my teaching.• Worked closely with resource specialist and paraprofessional to support students with individual education plans. • Exercised exceptional behavior management skills to navigate challenges of working with disadvantaged students and other at-risk youth removed from their home schools. • Served on curriculum committee that reviewed and evaluated DHS project curricula and supported teachers in meeting well defined and rigorous Critical Academic Skills and school standards. • Embraced professional development workshops and trainings; participated in school-wide initiatives to standardize elements of different projects; attended strategic planning meetings and worked towards school-wide goals over the years.• Learned the school’s preferred database to track student data and maintain records.

• Served as academic advisor, tutor, and school counselor for high school aged students at a wilderness boarding school.• Supported student learning in a variety of ways, including community building activities, creating a safe learning environment, teaching goal setting skills, and maintaining high standards and expectations for students’ behavioral and academic performance.• Co-led weekend camping adventures including mountain biking, bouldering, snow camping and horseback riding, and served as support cabin staff when necessary.• Collaborated with education team in a variety of ways, such as to review academic program and accreditation, plan and conduct trainings, develop academic components to supplement adventure-based curriculum, and create Santiam Crossing teacher manual. • Worked closely with a team of therapeutic staff to help students meet therapeutic goals within the classroom environment.• Communicated regularly with families about student performance through email, phone calls and monthly family conferences.

• Collaborated with Natural Areas staff, public school teachers, community volunteers, and invested community-based organizations to develop programing aimed at meeting land management goals of San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program while honoring diverse community values and meeting academic goals of students. • Trained and supervised a team of Urban Service Project AmeriCorps members, high school interns and community volunteers to lead environmental education programming.• Mentored and supported AmeriCorps team in discovering their strengths, sharing responsibilities, planning field trips and staying on top of outreach and record keeping. • Co-led fourth through twelfth grade students in the Youth Stewardship Program which couples hands-on environmental education with habitat restoration in local natural areas.• Utilized team to further develop thematic, place-based field studies curriculum that aligned with state standards and encouraged outdoor exploration. • Involved public school students in water quality testing and native plant transect studies; gathered and compiled data used to inform Natural Areas Program management plans.• Co-developed and led FOOTSTEPS, a summer leadership program, which served youth ages 12-15 and integrated health, fitness, and environmental education.• Supported the city’s land management objectives by coordinating and supervising adult volunteers in park beautification and habitat restoration projects.• Used evaluation tools to gather information about program strengths and areas for growth or change.• Collaborated with partner agencies to organize teacher trainings and community events.• Facilitated trainings in environmental education for teachers and other interested community members.• Supported annual volunteer recognition event for all Recreation and Park department volunteers• Created outreach materials, maintained records, conducted evaluations, managed program budget, and compiled annual reports.

• Banded birds and recorded relevant data according to MAPS protocol at six sites in the Sierra Nevada between May and August.• Trained university students participating in week-long bird banding courses.