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After coordinating ECCo's Ford Environmental Leadership Internship for high school students during the summers of 2010 and 2011, Alison Paul joined ECCo full time in 2011 as an Urban Conservation Educator. She runs the Mighty Acorns program for 4th through 6th grade Chicago Public School students, which entails supporting teachers in carrying out environmental education in their classrooms as well as leading students on field trips that connect them to local natural areas. She spends her time in the office focused on finding effective ways to expand and improve existing Calumet Environmental Education Program (CEEP) initiatives.
DePaul University, Masters of Arts, Social and Cultural Foundations in Education
Loyola University Chicago, Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science
Kayaking, biking, camping and yoga (both practicing and teaching yoga to kids).
Urban Conservation Educator, Department of Environment, Culture and Conservation, The Field Museum, September 2011-present
Ford Environmental Leadership Internship Supervisor, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, April-August 2010 and February-August 2011
Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Educational Policy Studies & Research, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, September 2009-June 2011
International Team Member, Witness for Peace, Bogotá, Colombia, January 2007-2009
Yoga Instructor,Various yoga studios and public schools, Chicago, Illinois, May 2009-Present
Intern, Tantre Organic Farm, Chelsea, Michigan, May-August 2009
Intern, Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura, Pachitulul, Guatemala, September-October 2006
Campaign Coordinator, U.S./Labor Education in the Americas Project (US/LEAP), Chicago, Illinois 2002-2006
Education Intern, Alaska Sea Life Center, Seward, Alaska, June-August 2001
Environmental Education Intern, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont January-March 1999