Member Spotlight:
Sarah Maldonado Environmental Educator 2 Shirley Chisholm State Park, NYS Parks
Sarah leads the environmental education team at the new Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn. She also serves on the NYCMER Board and is an educational consultant, focused on curriculum development and education management systems. Specifically, she supports adult-child conversations, both in and out of the classroom.
She has previously worked at the American Museum of Natural History, the Queens Zoo (part of the Wildlife Conservation Society), the Montezuma Audubon Center, Beaver Lake Nature Center, Alley Pond Environmental Center, and AmeriCorps NCCC.
She earned a Master of Professional Studies in Environmental Education and Interpretation from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Math Education from CUNY Queens College.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Mentors and Internship Supervisors + Students Joint Peer Group Meeting
Where:
Gilder Lehrman institute of American History
49 West 45th Street 2nd Floor
New York, NY
When:5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Workshop Organizer: Mentors and Internship Supervisors + Students Peer Groups
OutlookThis is a joint meeting with the Students peer group; we will be discussing the internship application and selection process, what makes a good internship, the mentor/mentee relationship, and discussing a recent case study from the NYCMER board’s Social Justice working group.
To RSVP, please email Daniel Pecoraro or Sierra Van Ryck deGroot.