People

Outdoor recreation professional with 15 sesons of experinece in the summer camp industry. 

I am a teacher employed by the Ghana Education Service to teach General Science in Senior High Schools. 

Jimena Cuenca supports NAAEE's digital presence, helping maintain and improve our websites like eePRO so that it serves as a welcoming and useful space for environmental educators. Jimena brings a deep curiosity about how online communities grow, connect, and collaborate. She enjoys learning new digital tools and is always looking to make our web spaces more engaging. When not at work, she's walking her huskies and birding.

I am the CEO of Workplayce, a family coworking child care space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. We offer child care from 3 months to 3 years old on a regular basis and from 4-6 years old on a backup and after school basis. 

I am a student at NKU and need to use this site for my course.

Jamie Hannon is Assoc. Professor of Adventure Education at Plymouth State U. He is a founder and trustee of the Mountain Village Charter School. Promoting nature connection has been his mission since 1985. He dwells with his family in the southwestern foothills of NH's White Mountains.

Preethi Mony is a specialist in the field of environmental education, program evaluation and grants and has a wide range of experience from developing resource matierials, conducting programs with children and adults, as well as evaluating programs and grant reporting.

Growing up in the busy metropolis of Mumbai, she quickly recognized the importance of the social aspects of conservation in protecting the natural world. She has worked with organizations in India and the US to help with environmental education program planning and resource development. She has over 20 years of experience working with zoos and museums to evaluate programs and exhibits and recommend strategies to improve the overall visitor experience. Over the last 2 years, she has worked at a local community college to support grant work (federal, state, and private) as well as to inform data driven decision making in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space. She brings all of these experiences to her current role of EE Grant and Program Manager at NAAEE.

Preethi holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from The Ohio State University. She earned her M.S. in interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida, and a B.Sc. in Life Sciences from the University of Mumbai, India.

Reclaiming the roots of education!

• We believe in the holistic benefits of nature-based learning for children.
• We endeavor to heighten awareness of the importance of understanding child development in learning environments.
• We seek to contribute to sweet communion through networks of support, inspiration, and collaboration.Our methods include: forming authentic relationships, offering LIVE online certification courses, facilitating on-site training, providing affordable consulting services, organizing regional retreats, and helping envision sustainable site development plans. 

FSTI training and certification is endorsed by the MSED in Outdoor Teacher Education at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee.

In 2021, Jean retired as Wauhatchie School Director to further her mission of training others to teach and establish Forest Schools around the globe through the Forest School Teacher Institute, which she founded in 2018. With in-person sessions and the online Zoom program, she has helped train over 1000 forest school teachers and directors from almost every state in the US, Canada, China, Thailand, Korea, Italy, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Bahamas, and Dominica.

Professor of Environmental Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point;  Director of the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education

As a Principal and science educator, I believe that technology and AI achieve their highest purpose when serving human agency, cultural identity, and environmental sustainability. My vision is to transform traditional classrooms into living laboratories where students—especially young women—learn to use innovation not just for personal gain, but to protect our shared heritage and planet. Education is about empowering the next generation to become empathetic, resilient digital stewards who lead with both scientific precision and deep moral responsibility.

My name is Zane Hoover. I teach high school science in Fayette County, Ga., and I have 16 years experience teaching AP Environmental Science. I have hunted and fished most of my life. After high school, I joined the US Navy and trained to become a nuclear reactor officer. I served in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea during the first Gulf War. I went to college at Ga. State after the Navy and worked at Delta Airlines whille in college.