Erica’s greatest passions—people and nature—come together in her dual role as Program Manager and Senior Forest Mentor. Having been homeschooled in elementary school, the pure joy of learning through play, relationships, and the outdoors has been a foundation for Erica as an educator. She is thrilled to continue learning and teaching with others through a shared love of nature.

Erica has been teaching and developing nature programs on Lək̓ʷəŋən territory since 2016. For four years, she worked as a Naturalist at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, where she taught programs for preschool classes, school groups, and the home learning community. She continued developing programs as the School Program Coordinator at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific where she worked to create, promote, and teach garden-based education to local schools and organizations. Her interests have also led her to work on organic farms, lead ecological restoration projects, and organize camping trips for Girl Guides of Canada.