Little Shepherds Nature Lab loves its staff.
If you feel called to join us, please reach out!
If you feel called to join us, please reach out!
OUR GROUND CREW
Gina TangGina is a mother, writer, and activist focused on regenerative education and community development. Prior to starting Little Shepherds Nature Lab, she helped launch an award-winning student wellness center at UCSD, the nature preschool at Mindful Ways Eco-Village, and various other programs focused on socio-environmental health. She is deeply passionate about creative literacy and the expressive arts. Gina also shares music and spoken word poetry with her handpan drum.
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AB NevarezAB has 35 years of experience producing community events with a focus on music, art, and education. With Duomo Gardens as an example, he teaches kids and adults from all walks of life about "terrain tending" and "soil stewarding," while promoting urban farms and gardens. AB also works with kids’ fundamental motor skills to improve physical literacy and coordination. As our Operations Director, his goal is to create environments that propel health and wellness, while having lots of fun!
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Ashley MazanecAshley combines a professional history in PK-8 education (six years), environmental policy (four years) and musical performance (over 15 years). Motivated to inspire ecological regeneration via creative arts, she earned a Master's degree in International Environmental Policy (MIA) from the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy and brings a wealth of experience, including her work as the Music and Performing Arts Director at Saint James Academy, and Co-Founder and Educator at EcoArts Kids.
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Matthew SabloveMatthew has a Master's degree in education from UCLA, and is a credentialed Special Educator for K-12th grade. After working in the public school district for 12 years, he now helps to coordinate our animal husbandry modules and assists with our world music program. In early 2021, he co-founded The Good Shepherds land management group. With a herd of more than 150 sheep and goats, Matthew and his team provide targeted grazing and ecological brush clearing services throughout San Diego County.
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OUR SUPPORT TEAM
Evon MucekEvon Mucek is a certified Life Empowerment Coach and credentialed Developmental Therapist/Child Development Specialist with a passion for supporting families through education. Evon helps humans to develop emotionally safe, secure, and healthy relationships within themselves and with others. Her expertise is in relationship-based therapy approaches, specifically relating to attachment and emotional regulation, combined with her special ability to integrate energy healing, spirituality, and intuitive practices.
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Katie DoveKatie Dove is a somatic therapist, intuitive guide, healer, and mystic with over two decades of experience working with individuals and groups. She is a keeper of ancient wisdom, exploring new paths for the preservation of human nature through connection to mother nature. Katie draws upon modalities she has personally cultivated, and extensive studies in transpersonal psychology and craniosacral therapy. As mother to a young son, Katie is also passionate about food and medicine sovereignty.
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OUR ADVISORS
Bernie MacFarlandBernie MacFarland has worked in childhood education for the past 20 years and is the current vice-principle of San Diego Cooperative Charter School. She has a Master’s Degree in Education, undergraduate degree in Child Development, K-8 multiple subject credential, and an education specialist credential. Bernie spent 10 years teaching at a coop preschool and is an outspoken proponent of play-based outdoor exploration, neurodivergent inclusivity, and mindfulness-based practices.
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Jennifer JeffcoatJennifer has over 28 years of facilitating and guiding mindful education. Founder of The Awakened Method, Jennifer fuses her expertise in local ecology, pre and perinatal birth psychology, polyvagal theory, and somatic studies with her Waldorf teaching background to support individuals all the way from preconception to their professional stage in life. She earned her Master's in Public Health from Everglades University, and is currently working on her Ph.D in Depth Psychology.
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