About Sammy
Project Advisor sammy_lyon@ecsonline.org
Sammy Lyon is Director of Innovation at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in Los Angeles. Before that, Sammy led a program called Green Ambassadors at Environmental Charter High School, creating service learning opportunities with high school students, taking on environmental challenges in LA and leading workshops for teachers. They* first became passionate about environmental education and service learning when teaching an after-school garden program and working on organic farms. Sammy first became passionate about environmental education and service learning when they taught their first after school garden program in Springfield, MA, after completing their B.A. in Government and Urban Politics at Smith College. They went on to earn their M.A. in Education, Leadership & Change from Antioch University, focusing their research on developing critical thinking and community engagement through service learning. To Sammy, being back in their beloved hometown of Los Angeles doing the daily work of social change through meaningful education at Environmental Charter Schools is both an honor and a privilege.Sammy is a collective co-author of Changemakers: Educating with Purpose, rides a bike around the city, and believes young people are not the leaders of tomorrow -- but of today. *gender neutral pronouns they/them.
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About Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
Los Angeles, CA
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy educates students in a college preparatory program to be literate, critical thinkers, and independent problem solvers who are agents of social justice with sensitivity toward the world around them.
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