Founder Kathryn Shanti Ariel
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Due to health challenges that I chose to experience, I was a happy but fairly quiet child and spent much time outside connecting with my companion animals and other creatures that came to visit. As I grew people around me often brought to my attention that I had a gift and special love for being with and working within nature. They often inquired what I was going to do with this gift. For many years I had no answer. However, my family being composed largely of teachers provided me great opportunity to spend direct and indirect time with nature in both a scientific and artistic sense. This continued to awaken and strengthen my awareness.