LaKyla Hodges is the equity and education manager of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
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LaKyla Hodges is the equity and education manager of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
Anne Craig is an environmental activist.
Roger Helm is an instructor on global climate change at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
Xero Koffsky is a sophomore at Warren Wilson College, currently majoring in creative writing and minoring in global studies.
Simone Adams is the founder of Color My Outdoors, which works to change the outdoor narrative to celebrate people of color.
Marisha MacMorran first joined Food Connection in 2015 as a food donor partner. Today, she serves as the organization’s executive director.
McKee Thorsen, a senior prefect at Asheville School, shares ways people in WNC can promote sustainability.
Jane L. Laping is a member of Asheville GreenWorks’ Oakley TreeKeepers.
Adam Edge, a senior at Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy, shares his thoughts and concerns about the environment.
Allie Daum is a junior at UNC Asheville, where she serves as co-director of the Student Environmental Center.
Monroe Gilmour is a community organizer based in Black Mountain.
Alison Ormsby is the director of sustainability and lecturer in environmental studies at UNC Asheville.
Julia Lang, a ninth grade student at A.C. Reynolds High School, the ways her generation thinks about sustainability.
Dareck B. Luebbert is a senior at Mars Hill University. He is the co-leader of the university’s Environmental Actions Club and is passionate about bringing awareness about environmental issues through social media.
Lauren Rogers Hopkins, education programs manager at Flat Rock Playhouse, discusses helping kids find their creatives voices.
Robin Skeen, Odyssey School’s elementary program director, discusses the anxiety young students face and the misconceptions people have about teachers.
Kate Spratt, Buncombe County Public Libraries youth services specialist for the Preschool Outreach Program, discusses trends in children’s literature and ways parents can make reading fun.
Rich Preyer, on-site program coordinator at The N.C. Arboretum, discusses outdoor education, community collaborations and the return of the Wee Naturalist program.
Jacquelyn Hall, co-executive director of Read to Succeed Asheville/Buncombe discusses the importance of reading to children from a young age and the how everyone in the community can play a role in promoting literacy.
Amy Chambers, art teacher at Glen Arden Elementary, discusses the benefits of the arts and the dedication teachers bring to the profession.
Lyndsay Pruett, member of the Jon Stickley Trio and a teacher at Academy for the Arts, discusses the surprises that come with teaching kids to play the fiddle.