Stephanie Fraley
Seattle, Washington
Meet Stephanie Fraley, owner and lead instructor at the Free Wild Society. Stephanie has a passion for conservation and community, and connecting with the natural world, as well as a strong background in the arts and in outdoor education. In 2018, she completed a year-long outdoor education & ecology certification program through Alderleaf Wilderness College, graduating with honors at the top of her class. She went on to participate in their apprentice instructor program the following year. She is also a visual artist, maker, musician. and an avid DIYer. Her favorite subjects include neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, sociology, space, and natural sciences. She is a creative problem solver with boundless curiosity and a deep respect for nature, though she may not be from around here….
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Stephanie’s certifications include:
first aid • CPR • BBP • BFA in Visual Comm & Design • epinephrine administration • •Outdoor Education & Ecology •Permaculture Design • Wildlife Tracking • Washington state’s DCYF childcare safety, and is a registered Early Learning Professional. She has years of experience as an educator, tutor, and mentor for school-aged children and as an early childhood educator, and her curiosity has led her to a wide variety of other experiences, from teaching ballroom dancing to parking airplanes, to inspecting welds on FEMA trailers for Hurricane Katrina relief.
keith Schuyler
Burien, WA
Keith is a south Seattle local with a lifelong love of the outdoors. Like so many others here in the PNW, he enjoys hiking, camping, mountain biking, swimming, playing disc golf, and just about anything else that gets him outdoors. He also loves to travel, and has been to over 30 different countries all over the globe!
Keith spent his childhood in Burien, and went to Central Washington University. He is a talented musician, a skilled naturalist, and an amateur geologist. He values community, connection, minimalism, and exploration, and is a thoughtful, caring, engaged, and valued member of his family and friend groups. Growing up, he helped in caring for his disabled brother Scott, and was able to meet and interact with lots of other children with disabilities at family camps, day camps, and in after school programs where he discovered a passion for community service. His favorite job, though, was working as a "Party Hero" for birthdays and special events, at a place called Bouncing off the Walls, while living in Bend, Oregon. He was in his element, entertaining and supervising up to 35 kids at a time while playing on bouncy houses of all types from slides, to obstacles courses, to gladiator rings.. right alongside them! Keith is adventurous, enthusiastic, positive, and above all goofy, and we are thrilled to have him on the team!
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If you have a passion for service, conservation, and working with children as a team member, guest teacher, mentor, intern, or a unique contributor and are interested in joining the team, please message us.