Delta Environmental  & 

Adopt-A-Stream Program

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I saw the importance of aquatic ecology when I learned to fly fish as a young girl. My first experience with leading environmental education was as a counselor at Girl Scout Camp Pinewood in Arkport, NY. I led girls on backpacking and canoeing trips as I demystified the great outdoors.  I attended School of the Arts in the RCSD, which is the reason for my passion of connecting urban students to their environment. Too often, city residents see environmental issues as things that happen far away from the city and their lives.

I continued my focus on tangible ways of interacting and learning from my environment by majoring in Art History at the University of Rochester. I chose that major because more faculty in the Art History department worked in archaeology compared to faculty in other departments. I became a cultural resource management archaeologist in Western New York with Powers and Teremy, LLC, where my team surveyed local sites to preserve their historical heritage while allowing for new development.  

After digging for a couple of years, I reconnected with my interest in science education at SUNY Brockport. After I received my teaching degree in Earth Science and Special Education, I started volunteering for Delta Environmental. I became program director once I completed my master’s degree at Mississippi State in the Teaching in the Geosciences program. I like to combine my interest in science with my passion for hands-on learning.

I am also the lead tacher for Chariot Learning where I teach math, verbal, and general academic skills for the ACT and SAT tests and develop Chariot Learning’s research-based curriculum. In addition to this, I also moderate games for MasterMinds (academic, team quiz-bowl competitions) and play in local trivia events.