Emma Stephens (she/her) currently works at a middle and high school in an administrative support role and is making the transition to combine her passion for education and the outdoors. She is grateful for her upbringing in the Bay Area and has participated in outdoor recreation activities in various capacities since she was a child. She spent a lot of her free time growing up building tree forts, helping her mother garden, and visiting local outdoor spaces. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with Bachelor’s in both Psychology and Legal Studies.