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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
The Fresh Air Learning board is made up of community members and Fresh Air Learning parents who work to connect children to nature through play. We’re a working board that’s actively involved in policy development, program visioning, and fundraising. We’re also family-friendly and fun!
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We have a fantastic team of board members, and we’re always looking for people with energy to bring to our board. Our AGM is in November, and prospective board members are encouraged to reach out to us by the end of September. If you’re considering volunteering for our board, we’re always looking for individuals with financial savvy and community-building experience. Contact us for details.
Tricia Edgar - Program Director
Tricia (She/they) loves to connect people with places. She is a settler of European ancestry who lives in the Lynn Creek watershed in Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam territory. For 27 years, Tricia has worked as a nature educator in this watershed, developing programs that explore the streams and forests of the temperate rainforest. She loves watching children fill with enthusiasm and wonder in nature. ​Tricia has an undergraduate degree in English and Geography and a Masters degree focused on ecological restoration and community development.
She has a background in permaculture education and also facilitates the Forest School Practitioners' Course through the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada. When she is not teaching, learning, and immersing herself in nature, you can find her hanging out with her daughter (a home learning graduate), reading fantasy novels, baking gluten-free goodies, writing stories with her students, or rehabilitating foster cats!
Katrina Sterba - Assistant Director
Katrina's (she/her) had the privilege of living in 20 acres of woods at formative age and this instilled her with a wonder and deep love for the natural world. She is pleased to be Fresh Air Learning's Assistant Director because she gets to help hundreds of diverse kids and families connect to and play in nature every year. As a parent of children in forest school, Katrina is happy to share her experiences and tips with families as they navigate their learning journey with us.
Katrina's background includes training in sustainable horticulture, dance, yoga, and nature-based program management, facilitation and administration. When she is not in the garden, or hiking in the forest, she is likely making potions in the kitchen with her kids.
Dana Rossbacher - Treasurer
Dana is an accountant on the path to her CPA designation. She is excited to work with for a program that helps connect young people to their environment. As a born am raised North Vancouverite, Dana fondly remembers her own childhood participation in outdoor community programs, and is proud to now be involved on the administrative side.
Nathalie Nebel - Member at Large
Nathalie is a past parent in the Fresh Air Learning program and a mother of four children. She is a trained secondary school teacher with majors in English and German. She has taught in Switzerland at an international school and in Germany in adult education.
Fiona Louie
Fiona Louie (She/They) has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from University of British Columbia and has a Lead Independent Certificate from Child and Nature Alliance of Canada. Fiona is interested in plants of the Pacific Northwest and their benefits. She also loves growing mushrooms, edible plants, and building campfires. Fiona is studying Herbalism with Pacific Rim College. She attended the Trek Outdoor Education Program when she was in high school. After University, Fiona spent two years as an Assistant English Teacher in Japan with the JET Program, working at a Japanese Technical High School. Fiona built two creative small businesses in silver jewelry design and a yoga lifestyle brand, and managed the businesses for over two decades. She studied business at BCIT and has many years of hands on business experience. She has travelled extensively; including Asia, Indonesia, Oceania, parts of South America, Galápagos Islands, India, Africa and parts of Europe. She also has certificates in yoga teaching and kids yoga. Fiona’s family life has led her into a beautiful world of home learning and forest adventures with their two young children. She enjoys drawing from all of her experiences and sharing it with the younger generation. Fiona has been interested in many different kinds of education styles. She has experience working with children of all ages. Fiona and her family live on an urban homestead with their 7 pets; 4 chickens, 2 lovebirds, and one bunny.
Angela Allester - Member at Large
Angela is an elementary educator living in Lynn Valley with her family. Her three children adore the forest and have blossomed while a part of the Fresh Air Learning programs. Angela has a Masters in Educational Leadership with a focus on Social Justice education. She is passionate about the importance of play, being outside, and integrating literacy everywhere with children.
Sarah Liu- Member at Large
Sarah Liu was a workshop presenter at the ECEBC Annual Conference 2025.
She is an ECE with a uniquely global background, having studied early
childhood education in seven countries and worked full-time in
Singapore, the United States, Australia, China, and Canada as an ECE and
K-10 teacher. She holds Teacher and Director registration from Hawaii,
USA. She began her career as an Early Childhood Educator in 2010 after
completing her Bachelor’s degree in Finance in Singapore, and later
earned a Master’s degree in Early Years Education from the world’s
No.1-ranked university in education in England. While teaching
internationally, she completed four additional postgraduate
qualifications across four continents. Sarah’s favourite educational
approach is forest school education. She completed forest school
training in Denmark and Reggio Emilia international conference in Italy,
she has visited programs in Norway, Switzerland, England, Australia, and
more than ten other countries. She is passionate and committed to
high-quality, child-centred early education. She hopes to contribute to
the local and international connections she has developed to support
FAL.
Queenie So- Member at Large
Bio coming soon.
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