Keynote Speaker: STEPHANIE CORSO

Stephanie Corso is the CEO and co-founder of Rogue Water, a public communications consulting group. She believes that water is the catalyst for community transformation and that stories are the medium for building trust and creating dialogue between the water industry and the people they serve.

FEATURED SPEAKER: ELDRENA DOUMA

Weaving Our Science Story with Threads of Knowledge

Eldrena Douma is a Native American Storyteller and former public school teacher with 30 years of storytelling experience. She grew up among the Pueblo tribes of the Laguna, Tewa, and Hopi and draws from her culture, family, and personal life to connect audiences to the transformative power of stories.

Workshop: Tell Your Watershed Story

Melissa Mullins, Environmental Educator of Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University

Telling Your Science Story...at a History Museum?!

Erin Shields, Executive Director of Bosque Museum

Workshop: Celebrate Texas Eclipses—Totally!

Keely Finkelstein, Associate Professor of Instruction of UT Austin/McDonald Observatory

Panel: Did You Hear the RUMRS About Engaging Programs?

Natalia Gutierrez-Borja, Jacie Hood, Alyssa Fox, and Austin Ng

Workshop: People and Patterns -- Stories in the Stars

Judy Meyer, K12 Education Program Coordinator of McDonald Observatory

Watershed Program E&O: Educational Trailers and the TRWD Rainscapes

Michelle Wood-Ramirez, Urban Programs Coordinator of Tarrant Regional Water District

Storytelling on the Go

Danielle Okay, Regional Interpretive Specialist of Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Workshop: Equitable Access to Outdoor Learning Experiences

Mark Broughton, Director of Dallas ISD STEM Environmental Education Center

Two Texas Wildlife Camps Creating Youth Leaders

Annaliese Scoggin, Wildlife Biologist of Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Creating Environmental Engagement through D.U.E. Diligence

Andrew Bullard, Environmental Learning Manager of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center