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Alex FreilichPRESCHOOL &
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Nina Carmichael
PRESCHOOLNina Carmichael was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She is a graduate of The University Of Washington with a BA in Community Psychology and a Minor in Education. She has actively worked in childcare since 2006 as well as volunteering, facilitating, and mentoring in several child/young adult centered programs such as: Girls Rock, Passages Northwest, Seattle Tilth, Youth in Focus, The Children's play garden, Islewilde (circus/art performance camp) and multiple k-5 classrooms. She believes that it is vital to have change in location and context from larger institutions in which we participate/exist in for our over all health and well being. Nina is deeply passionate about the process of learning and unlearning as a form of healing. Developmentally she feels it is crucial to have connection with the natural world and that if relationship to self, others, and the environment can happen simultaneously it is one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. Nina is a substitute and a consultant.
Wilderness First Aid Certified Silvan JayPRESCHOOL &
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PRESCHOOLCarly MartinPRESCHOOL &
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Meet our Admin
Heather McKennaEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR &
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Kendra ÖbomCO-FOUNDER and CONSULTINGKendra is descended from predominantly Swedish, Norwegian, Scottish and Danish ancestry. They are proud to continue a lineage of queerness within their family lines. Their patrilineage came to 'Washington' as loggers, landing on Duwamish territory. Their matrilineage arrived on traditional Niimíipuu territory as settlers. They are interested in learning to better embody 'settler responsibility' as a settler descendant seeking to contribute to the restoration of Indigenous Sovereignty. They have worked in outdoor ed for 16 years, including working as an adventure guide for Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound. More recently, they have worked as program director, instructor and trainer at BOLD & GOLD outdoor leadership programs (previously Passages Northwest) leading backpacking trips in the North Cascades, teaching after-school rock climbing, directing girls' leadership camps and providing support for queer youth. Kendra is most enthusiastic and curious about restorative community, and education models that focus on relationship. They have studied at the Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine, and hope to participate this spring in the Living Wild Hunter-Gatherer immersion program. They will be leading a 'Restoring Youth Rites of Passage' two-week intensive this Summer with Rite of Passage Journeys, and hope to incorporate rites of passage and council practices into the work they do. Click Here to go to their website. Wilderness First Aid & CPR Certified |