Current Life Situation:
Miranda now lives in North Carolina and works as a Site Planner to design public school outdoor spaces (playgrounds, sports fields, sidewalks, etc). She has also worked as a 6th Grade Science Teacher, Camp Director, Outdoor Educator, Child Health Consultant, Backpacking Guide, Lifeguard, Rock Climbing Instructor, and a whole host of other outdoor-based jobs. When not working she is out hiking with her 2 dogs, kayaking in a lake, creating wood art, or biking.
SITW Impact on your life:
I can trace my life direction back to my time at School in the Woods. It instilled in me a passion for being outdoors and gives me a unique background for the work I have done in public education. I also made my best friend Katie Wyckoff (Katydid) that year and we have remained close ever since.
Special Memory:
I have vivid flashes of the pond, hikes looking for critters to catalog in my Entomology Spring Field Project, my mug hanging on the wall (my mom still uses it), our bags of clothes to change into when ours got too dirty, the library bus, my dad helping build the outdoor auditorium, hearing Native American Stories for the first time, etc. It is the year of school I have the most memories of and cherish to this day.
SITW should always:
Inspire Naturalists.