Kristen joined the board of FRIENDS in 2018. She has a passion for helping learners of all ages connect to, understand, and develop critical thinking skills about their local environments through her career in education. She has worked as an educator for The Living Planet Aquarium, facilitated professional development programs for teachers for the Utah State Office of Education and Utah Society for Environmental Education, and had the opportunity to guide students on field trips in Great Salt Lake’s wetlands for the Nature Conservancy and USU Botanical Center. Currently, she is the science lab teacher at a public elementary school in Salt Lake City.Kristen holds a BS from the University of Utah in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Biology Teaching. When she isn’t in her classroom, she can be found having adventures with her family, reading, and running on roads and trails.