MEET
Hannah
MOSSBARGER
Hi, everyone! My name is Hannah Mossbarger, and I ' m the new Assistant Naturalist for Hendricks County Parks and Recreation. I ' m thoroughly enjoying the ways this position provides an avenue for personal, interactive outdoor education and allows me to share my love of nature in a meaningful way that connects my passions with public engagement and conversation.
I spent this past summer at Au Sable Institute in the Great Lakes, taking field-based ecology classes, where I earned my final credits to graduate from Indiana Wesleyan University with a double major in Environmental Science and Honors Humanities. It was while exploring the bogs of Michigan that I discovered my new favorite plant: the pitcher plant!
In my free time, I am currently doing a lot of baking( I ' m trying to get into sourdough), hiking, lifting weights, reading history books, and taking a few online classes from Hillsdale College.
I hope I get to meet you at one of our upcoming programs or events, and that time spent at our beautiful parks makes you want to come back again and again, just as I have ever since I was young and started visiting McCloud as a homeschooler!
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