Accomplishments

  • Mentoring & supporting youth from ranching and logging families in their path towards careers in eco-tourism, sustainable development and environmental activism.
  • Facilitating the channeling of resources & funds to rainforest communities in Central America for their sustainable development & endangered eco-system protection.
  • Contributing in some small way to the socially responsible conservation of thousands of acres of rainforest in Calakmul, Mexico
  • Developing and Launching an International Cultural Exchange Program with no funding or previous experience
  • Helping raise the funds needed to start the non-profit, Costa Rica Conservation Trust (CRCT)
  • Developing and establishing a Student Support and English as a Second Language Program (K-12) for over 300 immigrant students in an Arizona School District that previously offered no support to these students.
  • Leading the establishment of a Waste a Composting & Recycling Program in two rainforest communities with no previous waste management systems.
  • Motherhood and Marriage
  • Learning to play the guitar!