I am the Executive Director for Talking Talons Youth Leadership, which focuses on climate change education for students grades 5-12 and Youth Conservation Corps. I formerly was the first Outdoor Learning Specialist in the Math and Science Bureau at the New Mexico Public Education Department. I have been an educator for over the past 15 years in both New Mexico and Colorado; I previously was the Director of Environmental Education and Technology at Cottonwood School (Corrales, NM) but spent my previous five years at the Department of Cultural Affairs at the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (Cedar Crest, NM) as an Environmental Educator and Certified Wilderness First Responder. I am excited to connect the work done through the Senate Memorial 1 Task Force, Environmental Education New Mexico (EENM), the Department of Cultural Affairs, and teaching! I have bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering, and technical writing, with a master's curriculum and instruction and a teaching license.