Riley Scantlebury
Arizona State Parks & Trails
Sedona, AZ USA
"I care a lot about the outdoors and if I can transfer just a little bit of that onto other people, then I’m happy."
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Riley's work combines: Environment & Nature, Education, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Westminster College
Certification
Certified Interpretive Guide
National Association for Interpretation (NAI)
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I went to Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, for college but didn’t know what I wanted to do.
2.
I waited until my junior year of college to declare a major and ended up picking biology.
3.
I got the opportunity to do research on wild bird populations and found that I loved working outside in nature.
4.
My degree was in general biology but I tried to gear most of my classes towards conservation and natural resources.
5.
After college, I did a few internships in things like water conservation and invasive plants.
6.
I started at Red Rock State Park in Sedona, Arizona, as a seasonal employee and was hired on as a full-time environmental education park ranger when a position opened up.
7.
I’ve been in this position for two years now and I’m primarily focused on connecting students to nature.