Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (area of emphasis: Environmental Learning) from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1998)

Resort Naturalist - Bowen Lodge Resort & US Forest Service - Chippewa National Forest (1994 & 1995)

Classroom Assistant - Children's World Learning Centers (1996 -1998)

MinnAqua Aquatic Education Intern - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Fisheries and Minnesota Extension Service (1996 & 1997)

Museum Guide - Bell Museum of Natural History (1998)

Environmental Educator - Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center (1998)

Preschool Lead Teacher - ABC Daycare (1999)

Parks Worker - Olmsted County Parks (1999)

Cave Guide/Interpretive Naturalist - Forestville/Mystery Cave State Parks (1999 - 2009)

Preschool Nature Teacher - Rochester Community Education (2000 - 2004)

Childcare Provider - self employed (2002 - 2004)

Program Director - Plainview Area Community & Youth Center (2004 - 2006)

Program Coordinator - Rochester Area Family YMCA (2005 - 2006)

Founder - Project Get Outdoors, Inc. (2005 - present)

Lead Interpretive Naturalist - Whitewater State Park (2006 - 2023)

Minnesota Master Naturalist Instructor - University of Minnesota (2007 - present)

Nature and Forest Therapy Guide - Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides (2021 - present)

Substitute Teacher - Teachers on Call and the Wabasha - Kellogg School District (2024)

Naturalist - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Scientific & Natural Areas Program (2024)

Check out some of the projects I have had the privilege to coordinate:

Project Get Outdoors Leader Training

https://www.legacy.mn.gov/projects/project-get-outdoors

https://www.lccmr.mn.gov/projects/2018/finals/2018_05c.pdf 

https://www.mnprojectgo.org/blank-1

Project Get Outdoors AmeriCorps partnership

https://conservationcorps.org/updates-stories/2013-6-10-project-get-outdoors-html/ 

Legend Hunters documentary film

https://www.winonapost.com/news/area-students-help-make-documentary-film/article_2f0ec544-5a2f-5d9d-80da-5a716b77b096.html 

Healing Forest Project

https://www.winonapost.com/community/project-get-outdoors-expanding-access-to-nature-forest-therapy/article_c11dbdc6-dcca-11ee-a845-07b37f061226.html 

Watershed Field Experience  

https://friendsofwhitewater.weebly.com/the-watershed-field-experience.html 

LEGO Watershed Model https://friendsofwhitewater.weebly.com/watershed-lego-model.html 

Whitewater State Park Oral History Project

https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog?f[parent_collection_name_ssi][]=Whitewater+State+Park+Oral+History+Project 

Whitewater State Park Podcasts

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/destinations/state_parks/whitewater/podcast/Whitewater-Stories-S1Ep1.mp3

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/destinations/state_parks/whitewater/podcast/Whitewater-Stories-S1Ep2.mp3 

Whitewater State Park Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVjedugx-Y 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3xJm9OnGEY 

Whitewater State Park Centennial Anniversary https://www.parksandtrails.org/2019/01/07/whitewater-state-park-turns-100-time-to-celebrate/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoDSkT2ABBE

A Whitewater World original theater performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1kRlsPNC70 

Paradise of Minnesota: 100 Years of Whitewater State Park

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/destinations/state_parks/whitewater/paradise-of-minnesota.pdf

Veterans Fly Fishing Retreats

https://projecthealingwaters.org/camaraderie-and-healing-on-the-whitewater-river/ 

Prairie Violet Seed Collection

https://www.facebook.com/biologyWSU/posts/james-duffrin-bies-major-spent-tuesday-afternoon-in-the-whitewater-wildlife-mana/3824267931024104/?locale=ar_AR 

Storytime with Ranger Sara

https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PL1gNvocJI5gegDvRhXuVEtMB0aNQG-zW7 

MN DNR Timber Rattlesnake Education Resources

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gNvocJI5geGm_nTBlDlCHr7nXp_xIVy 

Turtles of Wabasha County

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3vkhBqRBT8 

Nature Rx presentations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef5a5fo1r70 

https://minnesota.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/minnesota/recording/50b18c72afa7103babfb005056818079/playback 

Misc. Presentations and Articles

https://cse.umn.edu/safl/events/ghost-valley-sara-holger-lead-interpretive-naturalist-whitewater-state-park

https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/whitewater-state-park/

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/issues/2018/sep-oct/watershed.html

https://www.cumauriceriver.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RevRichard-Dorer-Story-web-version-sm.pdf

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/05/24/in-se-minn-legal-dispute-over-an-old-cemetery-raises-questions-about-who-owns-the-past

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWuMhkfykyE (skip to 12:25)