Santa Monica Mountains & Channel Islands

We sat down with Diana Lopez Senior Educator for NatureBridge and overall rad environmental educator! Read on to learn more about how she chose this career path and how she's spreading the message to dream big to her young students!

In Southern California, NatureBridge staff member Elise Roberts recounts her experience shadowing a program in the Santa Monica Mountains, and a student who redefined the meaning of the phrase "Matter Out of Place."

We asked our NatureBridge Educators to describe how their childhood love of nature influenced their journey to become the environmental educators they are!

On May 18, 2016 NatureBridge awarded Selma Ruiz with the 2016 Student of the Year Award.