Overland

I teach second grade in Cornwall, Vermont, where I am the school’s beekeeper and love taking my students out snowshoeing and Nordic skiing every winter.

Originally from Meredith, New Hampshire, I graduated from Middlebury College in the winter of 2018 as an environmental policy major and education studies minor. While on campus, I was a Vermont Campus Compact/Vermont Higher Education Council Engaged Student Award Recipient, and I received the Bonnie McCardell Student Leadership Award for outreach in youth and family services. During college, I fell in love with the community in Addison County, Vermont, so I began my teaching career at a local elementary school. I have worked with multiple elementary ages, but currently teach a close-knit group of 9 spunky and sweet 2nd graders. During winter weekends, I teach alpine skiing to students of all ages at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. When I’m not teaching, you’ll find me hiking a mountain.

In 2022, I led Rocky Mountain Expedition and I am thrilled to be returning to the Overland team this summer! As a leader, I love to experience the intense and wonderful power of immersive outdoor experiences and the ways that they invite us to grow as individuals and bring us together in community.

Throughout high school, I used my language skills to teach ESL in three languages, and live translated civic prep classes. These experiences helped shape the way I intentionally communicate with those around me.

Growing up internationally, I graduated high school in Darien, Connecticut in the spring of 2021. The following fall, I started attending Tufts University, where I am now a sophomore majoring in Chemical Engineering. As a member of the Men’s Crew Team, I spend a lot of my time on campus working with my teammates both on and off the water. I am also a volunteer radio show host for Tufts’ freeform radio station, where I’m on air for an hour a week playing music for the community. Outside of academics and rowing, I spend my time exploring new music, playing frisbee, and reading books.

I’m excited to return to Overland’s staff this summer. As a four-time Overland alum — including summers on Alpine Challenge and Kilimanjaro Expedition — and a leader last summer — on Berkshire Adventure and Alaska Explorer — I know firsthand that Overland is a great place to grow and learn from the outdoors and peers, and I’m excited to be a part of the process this once again.

Riding through the Canadian Rockies, hiking over craters in Korea, and watching penguins skip through the icy waters of Antarctica have continued to inspire me to share my love of active traveling with others!

Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, I am a 2021 graduate of Davidson College, where I majored in environmental humanities and minored in Hispanic studies. At Davidson, I was a trip leader for Davidson Outdoors––our outdoor leadership and adventure program––where I led backpacking and stand-up paddle boarding trips for other students. Throughout my time in college, I became incredibly passionate about sustainable living and global environmental issues. I also love languages and traveling! Throughout my time at Davidson, I studied abroad in Cadiz, Spain, and in Ushuaia, Argentina- located at the southernmost tip of Latin America! There, I studied Spanish, climate change, ecology, marine biology, and human relations with the environment.

I led in 2019 and 2021, and my favorite part of each summer was spending time outdoors with my students and watching their independence and confidence grow as a group! I’ll return to Overland this summer to lead Language and Hiking Spain, and I can’t wait.

After going on an Overland trip when I was eleven, I fell in love with nature and exploring it with others, and I returned for another five summers of outdoor adventure.

Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I am a sophomore at Barnard College. I have loved getting involved on campus – I play on Columbia’s ultimate frisbee team and joined a Hillel leadership fellowship, meeting weekly with other first-years to discuss and improve our leadership on campus. I earned fall semester Dean’s List honors and have enjoyed taking classes in many disciplines before declaring a major. Aside from academics, I love exploring NYC and finding natural beauty in the urban landscape, which I often find while running in nearby parks. I am passionate about photography and can frequently be found holding a camera, whether I’m out exploring or in any daily moment.

When I look back, Overland trips have been incredibly formative times in my life; they have changed the way I see the world and my place within it, as well as given me fond memories and lasting friendships. I know how special Overland experiences can be, and I’m so excited to lead in California this summer, helping students explore Overland’s promise.

In the fall of 2018, I spent a week canoeing along the Delaware Water Gap with a group of my freshman year classmates. It was my first—and only—multi-day canoe trip, and my first experience island camping!

Originally from Housatonic, Massachusetts, I graduated from Swarthmore College in 2022 with an honors major in Peace & Conflict Studies and minors in both Black Studies and Environmental Studies. While at Swarthmore, I was a member of the varsity track and field team, a peer mentor in the writing center, as well as a student photographer for the communications office. I also engaged in independent research as a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, and, as a Lang Opportunity Scholar, I developed the Berkshire Equity Research Collaborative (BERC)—a youth-centered participatory action research project that aims to promote diversity and inclusion in local schools. In my free time, I enjoy photography, playing guitar, snowboarding, and backpacking.

As someone who is deeply passionate about enjoying, connecting to, and conserving the natural environment, I’m thrilled to lead for Overland again this summer, and to encourage Overland students to build meaningful relationships with each other and the great outdoors. Last summer on Northwest Expedition was a total blast — I can’t wait to do it all again!