My mom

"My mom is my HERO because she has always been my teacher and who makes everything fun. We were home schooled before the pandemic, but it only got hard when we couldn't see other friends. But my mom found us a cool Nature School where me and my brother, who's much older, could play and learn safely in nature and explore and do a LOT of art". 

Ms. Steffani created a nature school in response to the lack of a safe learning environment throughout the pandemic. Biologist, educator, and mom of 8yo boy whom like many others had lost the joy of learning and had no sociability, used her community-organizing and love of teaching to create this community-based program where kids have not just regained normalcy and stayed away from screens, but are also connecting to nature, staying fit, participating in conservation projects, and exceeding academic achievement.