FIREFLY

T.R.E.E. Founder & Program Director

Firefly has been the guiding force of New Orleans’ Sunship Earth program since her classroom teaching days in 1984. In 1995, she assembled a group of dedicated teachers, parents, and community members to develop, sustain, and expand the reach of this comprehensive and immersive program by forming Teaching Responsible Earth Education (T.R.E.E.), a non-profit organization.

As an Associate Staff member of the Institute for Earth Education (IEE), which created and publishes the Sunship Earth, Earthkeepers, and Sunship III curricula, Firefly helps to write, revise, pilot, and train others to conduct the Institute’s programs. Firefly hires and intensively trains all T.R.E.E. Earth Educators in both content and outdoor classroom management.

She teaches at all programs and leads overnight sessions. Her experience in education, teaching grades four through seven in St. Tammany and Orleans Parish Public Schools, and Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction provide the foundation for her work.