People

After visiting the Mexican overwintering colonies with Dr. Bill Calvert in March 2003, Susan began volunteering with Monarchs Across Georgia (MAG), a committee of the Environmental Education Alliance. She facilitates educator workshops using the Monarchs & More curriculum and incorporates the citizen science projects of MLMP, Journey North tracking, Monarch Watch tagging and Waystations, and Project Monarch Health. She administered MAG's Pollinator Habitat Restoration Grants (2012-2020) through FWS' Partners in Fish & Wildlife Program. She was honored with a Conservation Partner Award for her work with monarchs at the 2015-16 Southeast Regional Director's Honor Awards Ceremony. Organizing trips to the Mexican overwintering colonies since 2004, she initiated the Mexico Book Project, bringing books written in Spanish to schools near the sanctuaries. In 2018, Susan agreed to coordinate the Symbolic Monarch Migration, a project created by Journey North in 1996. Susan received her BS in Microbiology and MS in Environmental Science from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and Florida Institute of Technology respectively. She retired as an instructor from Stone Mountain Memorial Association where she taught K-12 students a variety of science-based lessons from geology to life cycles. Susan is also a Georgia Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, and a certified Pollinator Steward with the Pollinator Partnership.

My name is John Lachendro, but I prefer to be called Jack. I am a young professional in the environmental education field working at Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh as the environmental education specialist. 

I’m a Guatemalan environmental activist with a great passion for marine life conservation and sustainability. I’m a senior student of Environmental Engineer at Universidad Rafael Landívar, where I was the vice-president of the students’ association of my faculty for two years, and I work as a teacher.

I've been involved in the planification and implementation of environmental education and volunteer programs for children and youth in my country. The programs have focused on solid waste management, biodiversity, and understanding Ocean Literacy Principles to acknowledge and analyze the relationship between the ocean and climate. I've worked with coastal communities, educational centers, international and local organizations, and I'm currently the Environmental Education and Communications Coordinator in SOA (Sustainable Ocean Alliance) Guatemala. 

I am a student at the Ohio State Univesity studying Forestry. 

I am a 3rd year student at Ohio State University studying Natural Resources Management with a parks and recreation specialization. Currently, I work at Caesars Creek state park at the campground!

Outside of work and school I enjoy being outdoors, camping, fishing, etc and love to read in my free time!