The Outdoor Educators Institute (OEI) is a three-month long professional development program for young adults with an active interest in outdoor leadership. OEI graduates receive training in wilderness backpacking, sea kayaking, rock climbing, outdoor facilitation, group management, and conservation skills, and are supported to get placed in outdoor employment at the end of the program. This year, Justice Outside is leading three separate OEI cohorts; one in the San Francisco/Oakland region, one in the South Bay, and, for the first time, one in Fresno!
We are proud to introduce the members of the 2020 Outdoor Educators Institute cohorts.

VANNALEZE BARCELOS
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

DENISE CASTRO
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

ATHENA SABARIA
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

EMMA SINGER
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

DYLAN KIYO KENNEDY
Program Assistant –
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

JASMINE AMIAN
South Bay cohort

SEAN LEE
South Bay cohort

KATHERINE ORELLANA IRAHETA
South Bay cohort

MUI SAM LE
South Bay cohort

MJ SAMPANG
Program Coordinator –
South Bay cohort

APRIL BLAIR
Fresno cohort

FARRAHN HAWKINS
Fresno cohort

ALONSO SANTOS-GONZALEZ
Fresno cohort

DAVID PON
Program Coordinator –
Fresno cohort

ADRIANA CASTILLO
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

SIERRA REECE
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

KENDALL YOU MAK
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

LAURA HERNANDEZ
Program Coordinator –
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

FELICIA BAEZA
South Bay cohort

CHRIS NGUYEN
South Bay cohort

CRISTINA PHAN
South Bay cohort

ERIK ZEPEDA-FLORES
Program Assistant –
South Bay cohort

BRIANNA ALSTON
Fresno cohort

SELENY DIAZ
Fresno cohort

SANDY HERNANDEZ
Fresno cohort

NANCY HERNANDEZ
Program Assistant-
Fresno cohort