Audrey grew up visiting Ely with her sibling and cousins every summer, and fell in love with the town, community, and surrounding wilderness area at an early age. She lived most of her adult life in the big city of Chicago, but never forgot her endearment for Ely, and made at least one canoe trip to the BWCA a year, introducing dozens of others to the magic of Ely along the way. When the opportunity to move to Ely came about last year, Audrey jumped at the chance, and has been thrilled with the slower change of pace the Ely life provides. Audrey has been in early childhood education for 5 years now and deeply enjoys the ability to help children learn, grow, and thrive. She has a background in Montessori education and has worked at outdoor preschools in the past, and couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of the team at the Ely Adventure School! She loves the freedom to be goofy and child-like that this work allows. One of her favorite parts about the job is watching kids set their mind to a goal or objective, observe and encourage them to help them meet their goal, and witnessing the sheer joy and satisfaction when they successfully complete their goal. She’s looking forward to getting to know the EAS community!