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Hello! I am an environmental biologist from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and a great enthusiast of environmental education. My experiences are more in the non-formal field and I joined this network to share more ideas and opinions.

Jenna Cobb (she/her) is passionate about facilitating spaces to cultivate relationship with nature and engaging youth in academic, advocacy, and faith-based settings to seek community transformation together. She is currently located on unceded Tongva land in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California in the United States. As a Program Manager at Active San Gabriel Valley and a former youth pastor, Jenna is excited about incorporating spirituality, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and civics in environmental education and climate resilience efforts.

Sara B Sweetman, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Education in the College of Education and Professional Studies at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and directs the Guiding Education in Math and Science Network (GEMS-Net), a school-university partnership focused continual improvement in STEM teaching and learning. Beginning in the Fall of 2024, Sara will lead the new Environmental Education degree program at URI. Sara is an advisor for children’s media development and productions, including the CBP-PBS Ready to Learn Initiative and Sesame Street. Sara’s research interests focus on educational animation and children's media, gender diverse collaboration in STEM, and multimodal engagement for learning.

I am a student at Appalachian State University designing my own degree in Environmental Education. I love to spend as much time as I can outdoors, whether its hiking, fishing, skiing, biking, or just hanging out! I wish to pursue a career in EE and would like to end up as a teacher in an outdoor school.