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Hi! I am the Program Manager for the Urban and Community Forestry Program with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. I have a Master's in Environmental Education & Science from Prescott College and am the President of the Arizona Association for Environmental Education. I am the Executive Director of the Arizona Association for Environmental Education and also Direct the AZ Master Naturalist Program.

I'm an instructional designer, program director, frontline facilitator, and teacher trainer helping place-based programs support scientific, environmental, and social-emotional literacy in learners of all ages. I also serve on the board of EEAO (Oregon's NAAEE affiliate).

I have been teaching for 18 years, most of it in PBL environments. Most recently an NEH Scholar at the Hoover Dam Institute. Panelist at the 2021 NAAEE Conference, Building Community Resilience through STEAM Education and Actions as a part of Recharge the Rain, Project WET Educator cohort.

As the educator for East Foundation, Maria F. “Masi” Mejia, delivers natural resource education to the under served communities of South Texas. She deploys educational programs on East Foundation lands, and takes the proven L.A.N.D.S. curriculum into classrooms.