Sarah Yaugo (she/her)

Sarah is a licensed Early Childhood Educator with a B.A. in psychology, and additional university coursework in drawing, sculpting, and primary (K-5) education pedagogy.  She has worked as a teacher with children aged 0-11 throughout the United States and Metro Vancouver for over 15 years, and has facilitated outdoor, nature-based programs for families since autumn of 2019.

Sarah, born and raised on the unceded, ancestral territories of the Tongva and Acjachemen nations(Orange County, California), is deeply committed to nurturing and supporting the curiosity, capability, and potential of children while honouring each family’s culture, traditions, ways of knowing, and role as children’s first teachers.  She is excited to mindfully interact with and observe elements of nature with families, helping to cultivate respectful, reciprocal, and sustainable relationships with natural spaces explored together.

Sarah’s favourite pastimes include visiting beaches and local gardens with her son and daughter, local and international travel, sculpting, swimming, cooking, with a passion for altering and perfecting recipes to satisfy the most challenging dietary needs and preferences, inline skating on smooth, paved trails, and experimenting with gardening on her balcony.