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Missoula, MT, US

Planet Earth

Missoula, Montana Area

• 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.

Missoula, Montana Area

• 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.
• 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.

Glacier National Park, Montana

• 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.

Florence, MT

• 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.

San Francisco, CA

• 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.

Scio, OR

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

San Francisco, CA

• 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.
• 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.

SFSU Field Campus Near Sierra City, CA

• 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.

Mat, Single Subject Teaching; Biology

Bs, Biology/Ecology; Minor In Dance

Woking Towards Bs, Biology