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 one in Fresno!
We are proud to introduce the members of the Fall 2021 Outdoor Educators Institute cohorts:

SUMMER JOHNSON
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

BRITTNEY CURRY
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

SONEMANI BITNA
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

SALMA BERUMEN
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

KATE MONTANA
Program Assistant –
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

BEATRIZ SAN JUAN
South Bay cohort

MICHELLE MORENO
South Bay cohort

KENDALL YOU MAK
Program Assistant –
South Bay cohort

LAUREN STANGER
Fresno cohort

BRENDA QUISPE
Fresno cohort

ERICK RANGEL
Fresno cohort

JESSICA RIVAS
Program Assistant-
Fresno cohort

DANI SOLIS
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

ZAHIRA CHAUDHRY
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

KATHERINE GALEAS VELIZ
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

HARKIRAN SINGH
San Francisco / Oakland cohort

AUDIN LEUNG
South Bay cohort

TUSHAR UTTARWAR
South Bay cohort

ATHENA SABARIA
Program Assistant –
South Bay cohort

SNEHA KUMAR
Fresno cohort

VERONICA RAMIREZ
Fresno cohort

JACQUI MONTERO
Fresno cohort

CHUCHO PINEDA
Fresno cohort

APRIL BLAIR
Program Assistant-
Fresno cohort