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Co-Director and Director of Cobscook Experiential Programs
Kara has been with Cobscook Institute since 2004. On a daily basis she finds herself engaged and stretched as Cobscook Institute’s lead teacher for the Cobscook Experiential Program, and was part of the team that brought the Cobscook Program to life in 2010. Prior to that, Kara worked as Cobscook Institute’s Community Programs Director. A Michigan native, Kara first came to Maine in 2003 as a graduate student in in the Audubon Expedition Institute (now the Expedition Education Institute). Her group met with the folks who were working to create Cobscook Institute, which led to a semester-long internship (during which she taught her first class for Cobscook Institute – Introduction to Irish Whistle). That internship led to work, which has led to a life – home, family and fulfilling work – in Trescott on the shores of Whiting Bay.
In addition to her work with Cobscook Institute, Kara is an active musician and regular performer in Downeast Maine. She holds a BS in geology from Western Michigan University and a MS in Environmental Education from Lesley University. She’s a Registered Maine Guide, an American Canoe Association certified instructor, Wilderness First Responder and has Professional Maine 7-12 Teaching Certifications in Social Studies and Physical Science. Kara enjoys hiking and paddling the trails and waterways of eastern Maine with her family and their dogs, and playing guitar, whistle, accordion, and sometimes bagpipes with her bandmates. Kara is an avid Star Trek aficionado, and likes making maple syrup each spring.