The natural world has always been a driving force for Ms. Burns and her life experiences. She holds a B.S. in Forestry with a concentration in Outdoor Recreation at Southern Illinois University. After a year spent volunteering with AmeriCorps, leading trail crews in Maine, Ms. Burns began her work as an Environmental Educator, following her passion for the natural world and her love of children. She led school and environmental interpretation programs at the Visitor Interpretive Center in Paul Smith’s, NY and then went on to teach for Audubon New York. After receiving a Master’s of Education in Integrated Learning at Antioch University she worked for Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center in Laconia, NH where she was recognized as New Hampshire Environmental Educator of the year. It is through her children that she found Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm, a Waldorf School in Essex, NY, where she worked as a Forest Kindergarten Teacher and Primary Grades Teacher prior to joining the faculty at LCWS. Ms. Burns spends her free time recreating outdoors with her husband and two children; skiing in the woods and canoeing remote pockets of the Adirondack Park are her favorites.