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Hello! My name is Sammy and I’m a Difference Maker Mentor with NRCA for 2026-27! I am going into my Junior year studying for my bachelors in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. I’m interested in entomology, specimen preparation and public outreach! Being able to facilitate projects for high school students as a DMM has been something […]

Hello everyone, my name is Anna! I am one of the Difference Maker Mentors for the 2026-2027 NRCA CAP Program. I am so excited to work with “Team Lions” and to see how they tackle challenges and celebrate wins throughout the 9 months we have together.  This fall, I am going to be a rising […]

  Hey! My name is Juan Pineda and I’m a Difference Maker Mentor for the 2026-2027 NRCA CAP Program. I’m a rising junior double majoring in Economics and Environmental Science with a concentration in Sustainable Systems.   Since I was younger, I’ve cared about preserving outdoor spaces coming from a beach town along the Connecticut […]

Hi! My name’s Violet and I’m serving as a Difference Maker Mentor for the 2026-2027 NRCA CAP program. In the spring I graduated with dual degrees in Geology and Secondary Earth Science Education. In the fall I will continue my education at UConn, getting my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. I love the outdoors, when […]

Wow, where do I even start? I can’t begin to explain the impact that the Eco-Digital Storytellers program has had on my life. I will never forget the first day that my fellow mentor Mary and I were preparing for our first class visit. I remember thinking to myself, “How am I going to get […]

Long time, no see! Once again, my name is Mary Ferguson, and I am about to graduate with my Bachelor’s of Science in Earth Sciences with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies! This past semester I had the distinct honor of being an Eco Digital Storytelling Mentor within the Natural Resources Conservation Academy. […]

Hi y’all! My name is Mary Ferguson, and I am so honored to be one of the 2026 Eco Digital Storytelling Mentors within the Natural Resources Conservation Academy. I’m a senior studying Earth science with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.     I’ve always had a passion for science, but when coming to […]

Hello! My name is Jamaile, and this marks my third and final time serving as an Eco-Digital Storytellers mentor, and what an incredible journey it has been! While it’s truly a bittersweet moment to say goodbye to this remarkable program, the students, and the faculty, I leave with immense gratitude. As someone involved from the […]

Hi! My name is Lily Walowitz and I joined the Natural Resources Conservation Academy as an Eco-Digital Storytellers Mentor for the 2026 program. I am currently a sophomore at UConn pursuing a Secondary Earth Science Education Degree.     Since I was in kindergarten, I have known that I wanted to be a teacher, but the question was always: what […]

Wading into my Environmental Storytelling class in the fall of 2024, I never imagined how this program would rearrange the stars as I wayfind the environmental space. When the waters ahead are uncertain, working with high school students at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (GHAA) through Natural Resource Conservation Academy’s (NRCA) Eco-Digital Storytellers […]