People

I'm currently based in Milwaukee working on urban environmental education and celebrating biodiversity with the Zoological Society of Milwaukee. I am an environmental educator working with the next generation of conservationists.

I have been a teacher in multiple capacities since 2008, but really struggled with the limits of classroom teaching in public education. While I often took kids on outdoor field trips, I wanted to go bigger, and create a true outdoor school program. With the support of my school Director, our Charter school developed a full-time, free-to-public Forest Transitional Kindertgarten with a Forest Days programs for our upper grades. I am now the Forest School Coordinator at Wildflower Open Classroom, where I manage the TK program (we have a 3 teachers in the field), and teach the Forest Days program.

As the former Director of Technology, Mary served as the project lead for NAAEE online technology, including the NAAEE website and eePRO, the hub for professional development. Mary had been on NAAEE staff since 1999 and her extensive background in technology, website development, outreach, multi-stakeholder collaboration, security, systems support, and project management experience consistently provided the highest level of support to NAAEE’s team, leadership, and members. 

Mary is now acting in an advisory role, continuing to support the work of the association.

Former Wildlife Educator for Frederick County Parks & Recreation for 12+ Year
Maryland Piedmont Master Naturalist
Middle School Science & Team Lead at Lucy School Environmental & Arts-Based Education

Dedicated environmental educator with over 5 years of experience. 

I'm currently doing an intership and squam lakes association in New Hampshire, my major is in adventure education and I have a minor in biology. I educate the public about minimizing their impact in natural areas to preserve it beauty and what happens/what to look for when a landscape is experiencing disturbance.

I'm Mia Williams from Kansas City, Missouri and I'm a junior at The University of Olivet studying biology. My goal is to be an enviromental educator with a focus on conservation.

I am a 2022 graduate from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs with a B.A. in Inclusive Elementary Education. I spent most of my childhood with mountains in my backyard, both the Rockies and Appalachians, fueling my love for the outdoors. Teaching others about different places became a passion at a young age. Throughout my career I have brought a passion for learning to students of all ages from zealous preschoolers to reluctant high schoolers in and out of a classroom. I am enthralled to take my teaching to a rain or shine outdoor environment and learn alongside eager students.