Tell us why you became a teacher

As a conservation focused biologist I’ve always said that the best way to save our planet is to educate the youth in sciences. It’s not so much a lack of care we see but the lack of knowing. I firmly believe that anyone that’s had a chance to know nature and to learn its patterns and importance, is someone that will fight for the good of the planet.

Tell us about your most memorable teaching experience

Watching a student defend the importance of ecological balance in an ecosystem to another student, using the facts that I taught them.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I started a nature club this year at my school and really want to have finances to fund better and more enriching nature trips. I would dedicate $15,000 to finance my nature club for the next 5 years. The other $10,000 would be reserved to implement some changes to our school grounds to model conservation even in urban areas. I want to build a trail with benches and information signs about pollinators, about the native plants we highlight in our garden that we would have built by the trail.