Founder & Executive Director

• Aug 2018 - Present

Seasonal Park Interpreter

• Sep 2019 - Apr 2021

Lead Trainer

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

• Assess and update curriculum to Next Generation Science Standards • Help coordinate and instruct a two-day workshop that certifies school teachers in the Salmon Trout Education Program • Provide in class teacher curriculum support • Assess and update curriculum to Next Generation Science Standards • Help coordinate and instruct a two-day workshop that certifies school teachers in the Salmon Trout Education Program • Provide in class teacher curriculum support

Education Coordinator

• Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

To promote the understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on science education. To promote the understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on science education.

Seasonal Educational Aide

• Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

• Research, create, and deliver natural and cultural interpretive programs within open space preserves and other open space authority properties for groups of up to 60 • Coordinate with and schedule volunteer Docents for program support • Lead volunteer Docent trainings on interpretive methods and techniques • Provide support for premier events, engage with community, and provide in-office educational materials support • Research, create, and deliver natural and cultural interpretive programs within open space preserves and other open space authority properties for groups of up to 60 • Coordinate with and schedule volunteer Docents for program support • Lead volunteer Docent trainings on interpretive methods and techniques • Provide support for premier events, engage with community, and provide in-office educational materials support

Public Information Representative I

• Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

• Coordinator of the 2016-2017 Youth Stewardship Commission, which strives to provide high school students with an interactive approach to learning about contemporary water issues in our region • Contribute to an award-winning education and outreach team that travels to K-12 schools throughout Santa Clara County • Review education programs and find where they support Next Generation Science Standards • Coordinate relationship with the Boys and Girls Club of Silicon Valley to incorporate weekly visits to nine local clubs that support summer camps and after-school program curriculum • Partner with Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority to deliver joint school field trips at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve outdoor classroom • Write curriculum and implement a watershed exploration program called Kids Exploring Creeks. •Obtain permitting so that students can go into the river to do water quality testing, macroinvertebrate collection, and stream profiling and measurements •Visit libraries around Santa Clara County to read books and do puppet shows for mainly preschool, transitional kindergarten, and kindergarten. Show less

Lead Instructor

• Nov 2010 - Aug 2016

• Hired, trained, scheduled, and supervised park guides, and volunteers • Created and delivered hands-on field trips for K-12th grade that support STEAM (serves 1,000’s annually) • Led special needs field trips, and college and adult tours • Provided program ideas, material lists, and data for grant support resulting in $250,000+ • Aligned programs to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) • Coordinated with experts from the community, then planned, scheduled, and advertised (through press release and social media) adult enrichment workshops • Kept records of field trips, homeschool classes, adult workshops, outreach events, and pre/post test • Redesigned a visitor center with hands-on interpretive displays, exhibits, flat panel screen, and a trout aquarium and incubation tank • Researched, designed and coordinated with volunteers to construct an outdoor educational classroom • Implemented Salmon and Trout Education Program for K-6th grade; resulting in doubling our field trip request (serves 1,000’s annually) • Developed Boys and Girls Club summer camps and after-school programs (serves 100‘s annually) • Created weekly homeschool classes and coordinated with external specialist such as Audubon Society to nurture the homeschool program from one class a week of 10 kids to two classes a week of 40 kids with a waiting list (serves 100’s annually) • Developed a research program for an underserved middle school that resulted in a successful pilot project that continues to serve two classes annually • Used props, and audio/visual media and held trainings on interpretive methods and techniques • Trained volunteers to care for a live specimen collection • Presented adapting interpretive programs for those with special needs at the National Association for Interpretation conference in Yosemite National Park • Taught kids to grow food • Coordinated activities at premiere festivals, and tabled at local events • Obtained and maintained permitting Show less

Seasonal Educational Aide

• Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

• Research, create, and deliver natural and cultural interpretive programs within preserves and other properties for groups of up to 60 • Coordinate with and schedule volunteer Docents for program support • Lead volunteer Docent trainings on interpretive methods and techniques • Provide support for premier events, engage with community, and provide in-office educational materials support • Research, create, and deliver natural and cultural interpretive programs within preserves and other properties for groups of up to 60 • Coordinate with and schedule volunteer Docents for program support • Lead volunteer Docent trainings on interpretive methods and techniques • Provide support for premier events, engage with community, and provide in-office educational materials support

Seasonal Park Maintenance

• Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

• I maintained the park grounds and restrooms at Vasona, Lexington and Los Gatos Creek Park., assisted maintenance I, II workers, maintained tools, and did landscaping and minor repairs • I maintained the park grounds and restrooms at Vasona, Lexington and Los Gatos Creek Park., assisted maintenance I, II workers, maintained tools, and did landscaping and minor repairs

Seasonal Park Service Aide

• May 2010 - Sep 2010

• Collected parking fees and checked-in campers. I explained park regulations and interpreted interest points and trail routes • Sold wood, park maps, and cleaned and opened two visitor centers • Used Microsoft excel for daily financial accounting, used two-way radios, and reported medical emergencies and missing persons • Collected parking fees and checked-in campers. I explained park regulations and interpreted interest points and trail routes • Sold wood, park maps, and cleaned and opened two visitor centers • Used Microsoft excel for daily financial accounting, used two-way radios, and reported medical emergencies and missing persons