Experience, Education, Certifications

• Assistant Director of Youth Programming and whitewater guide at Riverside Outfitters

• Outdoor educator with Blue Sky Fund

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• B.Sc. in Environmental Conservation, Sustainability, & Development and Geographic Information Science (GIS) from James Madison University

• National Geographic Certified Educator

• Virginia Master Naturalists, Pocahontas Chapter

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• Wilderness First Aid from SOLO Wilderness Medicine

• First Aid / CPR / AED from the American Heart Association

• Foraging Course Certificate: 375 hours of online and independent field study in herbal medicine, botany, and ethical foraging from the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine

• Level II Ecotherapy Certificate from the Earthbody Institute

• Level IV: Swiftwater Rescue Skills Assessment and

• Instructor in Level II: Essentials of River Kayaking from the American Canoe Association (ACA)

• Advanced Open Water SCUBA and Enriched Air Diver from the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)