My pedagogy of teaching social justice through the moving body has derived from wide-ranging experiences of human-powered travel. These experiences have guided my questioning of the historical circumstances of right of passage over settled land and my seeking out of experiential education approaches to histories of constriction of movement in the US settler-state. In 2015, I stepped away from a Harvard PhD program to spend one year living outdoors, which turned into seven years of experiential education teaching and traveling in wild places.
Antisana, Ecuador, 2017.
Santa Elena Canyon, Texas, 2019. Voyageur Outward Bound School Whitewater Canoeing Staff Invitational in Big Bend National Park. Photo: Rachel Pace.
Nogales, Sonora, 2018.
Androscoggin River, Maine, 2019.
Mahoosuc Mountains, Maine, 2015.
Boundary Waters, Minnesota, 2016. Voyageur Outward Bound School Dog Sledding Staff Invitational.
Outdoor Leadership: Whitewater Canoeing, Bikepacking and Backpacking
Wilderness First Responder and CPR, Wilderness Medical Associates, 2014-2024
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School Lead Instructor; Backpacking, Flat water and Whitewater Canoeing, Rock Climbing; 357 field days leading wilderness expeditions for teens, Maine, Seasonally 2011-2021
Kroka Expeditions Semester School Lead Instructor, Winter Semester Program and Ecuador Semester Program; Bike packing, Trekking and Canoeing; August 2017-May 2018
Naturalists at Large, Naturalist, Joshua Tree National Park and Lower Colorado River; Caving and River Canoeing, September-December 2016
ACA Swiftwater Rescue, June 2017 and ACA Level 4 Whitewater Canoeing, May 2016