I come from the Northwoods an hour away from Lake Superior where I grew up with an outhouse, and wood stove and a love for the outdoors while I explore the middle of the woods, as my Mom surveyed sites in the Nicolet National Forest I fell in love with all that is taboo including mushrooms, death and wolves. I have continued to further my education traditionally and progressively, for Early Education, administration, sustainability & herbalism. My mother
was an archeologist, herbalist and aromatherapist before it was ‘hip’. I spent my youth outdoors growing up building relationships with the natural world & the importance outside the walls of traditional curriculums. My closest neighbors were a mile away in the middle of the rural Northwoods and mentored me in the first people’s traditions and lifestyle. I attended Nicolet Area Tech College for Early Education, then U.W. Madison and completed my Administration Credential in U.W. Platteville. I have spent my years building connections and promoting intergenerational supports' geared around relationships with our land and our most precious resource, our children. I have been the Program Director at Terri's Treehouse Early Learning Center for 18 years now which is an Outdoor Immersion, Gathering Garden and Early Learning Center, www.terristreehouse.com. I became a Tier 2 Educational Trainer in 2009 and have found boundless joy in working with peers to support their professional, spiritual development but most of all observing their new-found connection with each other and the land. I also have over 1000 hours of additional training in Psychology, early education, nature's classroom & field ecology. I have always believed it "Takes a Village '', and now that we have our village, it is time to grow together, I appreciate everything that WMS does for the Wisconsin residents and I do believe my pool could support the common goal of education and connection with fungi in Wisconsin. I created “Flora and Mycology of the Northwoods”, an online based local foraging community 9 years ago. I also created a group for Women that gather and create, called “Matriarch Mondays”. My Intergenerational Gathering Garden has attracted folks Nationally and been published in many articles and through local media, we are also the Northwoods Farm to School North Central Regional Site. I am Group Fitness Instruction Certified and have been teaching Hula Hoop Toning and Yoga for 9 years in the area.
I love being active but refuse to be boring. My educational philosophy is prominently geared
towards the ones willing to grow and learn while having fun. Aside from training 20 hours
average annually for over a decade for local educators' , families and providers in our area and regionally. I also teach at Nicolet Area Technical College, in Community Education in the fields of their Outdoor Programs on foraging, herbs and mushrooms. I enjoy collecting wild ingredients honorably to make concoctions, infusions, brews, shrubs, medicines, tinctures, extracts, household care products, skin care and also have a need for creative expression using these wild mediums, I own a non-profit business Maecylium Momentos that is purely an outlet for my creations & connections. My work has been featured on many sites and art galleries.
I have four children and I am married, living on the Island of Minocqua with them, our dog, cat, honey bees and chickens. I have a goal to introduce myself to all 1000 local lakes in 10 years while biking, hiking, ice water swimming, skating, skiing, or foraging, hoping to advocate for protection and awareness of our Natural Resources in the Northwoods I am at Lake 392 as of Oct.12th 2023. I love this community and am continually active in the advocation to preserve our Natural Resources including all Flora, Fungi, Fauna and most importantly give our children the resources & knowledge to help navigate the complexities around them and protect those resources. We have so many opportunities right here to experience & grow along with in all the natural world, and wild Wisconsin is so very dear to my purpose. I have been able to share and grow with our community and thrive on connecting with others on that philosophy. I have Found a profound draw to be a part of this awakening for two decades now and a mentor to my peers and the next generation. I would be honored to be focus my energy as a facilitator, at the board level in the future and with the support of WMS.
was an archeologist, herbalist and aromatherapist before it was ‘hip’. I spent my youth outdoors growing up building relationships with the natural world & the importance outside the walls of traditional curriculums. My closest neighbors were a mile away in the middle of the rural Northwoods and mentored me in the first people’s traditions and lifestyle. I attended Nicolet Area Tech College for Early Education, then U.W. Madison and completed my Administration Credential in U.W. Platteville. I have spent my years building connections and promoting intergenerational supports' geared around relationships with our land and our most precious resource, our children. I have been the Program Director at Terri's Treehouse Early Learning Center for 18 years now which is an Outdoor Immersion, Gathering Garden and Early Learning Center, www.terristreehouse.com. I became a Tier 2 Educational Trainer in 2009 and have found boundless joy in working with peers to support their professional, spiritual development but most of all observing their new-found connection with each other and the land. I also have over 1000 hours of additional training in Psychology, early education, nature's classroom & field ecology. I have always believed it "Takes a Village '', and now that we have our village, it is time to grow together, I appreciate everything that WMS does for the Wisconsin residents and I do believe my pool could support the common goal of education and connection with fungi in Wisconsin. I created “Flora and Mycology of the Northwoods”, an online based local foraging community 9 years ago. I also created a group for Women that gather and create, called “Matriarch Mondays”. My Intergenerational Gathering Garden has attracted folks Nationally and been published in many articles and through local media, we are also the Northwoods Farm to School North Central Regional Site. I am Group Fitness Instruction Certified and have been teaching Hula Hoop Toning and Yoga for 9 years in the area.
I love being active but refuse to be boring. My educational philosophy is prominently geared
towards the ones willing to grow and learn while having fun. Aside from training 20 hours
average annually for over a decade for local educators' , families and providers in our area and regionally. I also teach at Nicolet Area Technical College, in Community Education in the fields of their Outdoor Programs on foraging, herbs and mushrooms. I enjoy collecting wild ingredients honorably to make concoctions, infusions, brews, shrubs, medicines, tinctures, extracts, household care products, skin care and also have a need for creative expression using these wild mediums, I own a non-profit business Maecylium Momentos that is purely an outlet for my creations & connections. My work has been featured on many sites and art galleries.
I have four children and I am married, living on the Island of Minocqua with them, our dog, cat, honey bees and chickens. I have a goal to introduce myself to all 1000 local lakes in 10 years while biking, hiking, ice water swimming, skating, skiing, or foraging, hoping to advocate for protection and awareness of our Natural Resources in the Northwoods I am at Lake 392 as of Oct.12th 2023. I love this community and am continually active in the advocation to preserve our Natural Resources including all Flora, Fungi, Fauna and most importantly give our children the resources & knowledge to help navigate the complexities around them and protect those resources. We have so many opportunities right here to experience & grow along with in all the natural world, and wild Wisconsin is so very dear to my purpose. I have been able to share and grow with our community and thrive on connecting with others on that philosophy. I have Found a profound draw to be a part of this awakening for two decades now and a mentor to my peers and the next generation. I would be honored to be focus my energy as a facilitator, at the board level in the future and with the support of WMS.
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