Celeste Royer

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AFFILIATION: Ten Strands

TITLE: Director of Equity & Inclusion

LOCATION: California

LANGUAGE: English, Spanish

EXPERTISE AREA: DEIJ, Environmental Education, Hispanic/Latine/A/O Communities, Outdoors/Recreation, Youth

ABOUT THE EXPERT:

Celeste is a veteran administrator with 40 years of experience in environmental and outdoor education. As director of environmental and outdoor education at the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, she directed Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School’s residential, field, and classroom programs. As director of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network, she built regional and statewide partnerships to support environmental education programs and initiatives. She also provided 30 years of leadership and support to the California Outdoor School Association. A strong advocate of environmental literacy for all, Celeste serves on boards, advisory committees, and volunteers for organizations that promote equity and justice in environmental education, including Justice Outside, Land Conservancy of SLO County, Latino Outdoors, and UC Berkeley’s BEETLES Project. Celeste holds degrees from UCLA, SFSU, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

CONTACT:

Contact Celeste Royer at HERE.