Education
University of Vermont, bachelor’s degree in environmental resources
Certifications
Wilderness first responder, ACA coastal sea kayaking levels 1 and 2
Favorite hobbies
Writing, stories and storytelling, stomping and squishing around in the mud, dancing, playing outside in all forms, sun basks, cold swims, movement, creating, reading, cooking, walks, hugs.
Favorite outdoor achievement
I think about a backpack I led on the Olympic Peninsula one summer often. We had a long couple of days and one very long 11-mile “it’s just around the bend” kind of day, that ended with us soggy and just making the tide crossing, but the belly laughter I shared with some of my students at the end of it I won’t forget.
Favorite outdoor memory
Oh my! No matter where I go, my first summer with Adventure Treks when I was 14 and stomping around the Pacific Northwest, stumbling over my own feet, resurfaces in my body over and over again. I still feel my cheeks aching from grinning so big, my ribs shaking with laughter, eyes pooling with wonder, and arms holding onto this community I’d found in the biggest hug. It’s the first place my mind goes when I close my eyes and think about a moment I felt joy far bigger than just my body.
Favorite place in the world
The Olympic Peninsula, WA, and Blackstone Bay, AK
What are you most looking forward to this summer?
I am most looking forward to the big bone crushing hug that is the Adventure Treks community. I’ve never found the words to describe the feeling of being present in this space with the kind of lovely humans who are a part of it except for a big hug. All the actual hugs of old friends I can’t wait to see again, new friends I can’t wait to meet, and metaphorical hugs of the lived moments we create and share together.
Previous Adventure Treks trips include Pacific Northwest Adventure, British Columbia, Squamish Challenge, California Adventure, California Challenge, Ultimate Northwest, Pacific Northwest Explorer, Leadership Adventure Semester
