Testimonials
“UEI gave us all this for free. They give us information, transportation, and just people that the kids can talk to.”

- Lisa Henderson, Teacher, TechBoston Academy

Ruth is from a small town in Missouri but is excited to be relocating to the big city of Boston. She graduated with a BA in biology from Truman State University in 2004. This summer she will complete a Master’s of Arts in education with an emphasis on middle school science. During her undergraduate career, she focused on fostering science education in her local town by sponsoring a local prairie conference for fifth graders. She spent time researching cheatgrass in Eastern Washington and corals in Belize; she also spent one summer working for Vermont Audubon where she grew to love informal science education. An avid traveler, she has explored 7 countries and much of the United States. Besides traveling, she loves live music, cooking (especially vegetarian/vegan food), meeting new people, reading, local coffee shops, hiking, watching movies, and musical theater. She is enthusiastic about exploring Urban Ecology and sharing this knowledge with teenagers over the upcoming year.