Residential Life Staff

 

Rachael Bates, Resident Intern

Inspiration:

"Experience opens us, creates a chasm in our heart, an expansion in our lungs, allowing us to pull in fresh air to all that was stagnant. We breathe deeply and remember fear for what it is - a resistance to the unknown." ~Terry Tempest Williams

 

Related Experiences:
Field Instructor, Second Nature Cascades Wilderness Therapy Program, Bend, Oregon (2008-2010)

Deck Hand/Educator, Sound Experience, Port Townsend, Washington (2008-2009)
Field Instructor, The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Alaska and Mexico (2007-2008)

 

Education:
B.A. in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Women Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham (2007)
Competed in collegiate cross country (2002-2005)

 

Jules Copon, Resident Intern

Inspiration:
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough" ~Mae West

Related Activities:
Special Operations Support, Huntington Surf and Sport, Huntington Beach, CA (2005 - 2010)

Education:
B.A. in English, California State University, Long Beach (2004)
 

 

Vanessa Jones, Head Resident

 

Inspiration:
"My activism- cultural, political, spiritual- is rooted in my love of nature and my delight in human beings." ~Alice Walker

 

Related Activities:
Yurt Leader/Trip Leader, Chewonki Camp for Girls, Wiscasset, Maine (Summer 2009)
Director of Community Service Learning, Faculty, The Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island (2006-2008)
Americorps VISTA, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island (2005-2006)

 

Education:
M.S. Candidate in Ecological Leadership and Education, Audubon Expedition Institute, Lesley University, Massachusetts (2010)
B.A. in Anthropology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut (2005)
Graduate, Light and Fast Backpacking, National Outdoor Leadership School (2008)