Joyce Silva

Joyce is excited to join the LCF Team and looks forward to sharing these beautiful trails and its rich ecology with all her students. She is passionate about protecting the outdoors and connecting people of all backgrounds to nature. She has led field trips through historical citrus groves, guided college students on outdoor excursions, taught sustainable agriculture and homesteading practices on an educational farm, and most recently led camping trips for middle schoolers in the Redwood forests of Mendocino. She graduated from UC Riverside with a B.S. in Environmental Sciences, and first realized the importance of experiencing science outdoors while studying abroad in the tropical forests of Costa Rica. Since graduating she has worked for several non-profits in the Bay Area and is overjoyed to return to the coast of California she grew up in. In her free time you can find her on a run through the fragrant chaparral trails near her home, singing in her kitchen while cooking up a new recipe, or snuggling up with her dog after a long hike.