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The 14-year-old twin sisters, born in New York, moved to Michigan two years ago. Their grandmother, Mildred Grano De Oro, and their mother, Raysa Herrera, were born and raised in the Dominican Republic.

“My mother and grandmother moved to the United States in hopes of a better future work-wise, and for her future kids to be able to get an education and have a better lifestyle here,” Analia said. “We were raised by my grandma because my mom was always working and providing for the family.”

As a result, the girls read and speak SEE SISTERS, Page 3

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Wyandotte Mayor Rob DeSana married Vanessa Gonzalez and Marco Guerrero on March 11 with a little help from sisters Miliany and Analia Zapata, who attend Wilson Middle School.

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■ Trust – This is a “company” that you start, and you become the CEO, “Trustee” and “Settlor.” The company outlives you, but continues to manage your assets as if you were alive by the successor CEO – whom you designate.

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“My mom and grandma would always teach us how if we know two languages we have more advantages … and we would have more opportunities in life,” Analia said.

The twins, who live in Lincoln Park, also were taught to work hard to be the best they could be and to help others whenever they could, she said.

Wyandotte Mayor Robert DeSana met the girls last year at Wilson, where he volunteers everyday as a hall monitor during the school’s three lunch hours. He saw the twins struggling with a locker one day, and tried to help. The girls, who were then in seventh grade, were on their way to a Spanish class, where they help the teacher.

A few weeks ago, DeSana was asked to officiate a March 11 wedding at City Hall for a Hispanic couple – Vanessa Gonzalez and Marco Guerrero – from Detroit.

The bridegroom doesn’t speak English, and his bride told the mayor she would translate the words of the ceremony for him. DeSana thought it would be a more special occasion for the couple to have the twins do the translating instead.

“When he asked us, we said, ‘Of course,’” Miliany said. “We are always here to help.”

So after school on that Friday, Wilson Principal Carol Makuch drove the eighth-grade girls to City Hall. A video

of the twins translating the ceremony was taken so Makuch – proud of her students – could show it during the school’s announcements on the following Monday.

Gonzalez and Guerrero took their vows in City Council chambers, and the bride’s three children attended the ceremony.

The twins stood next to the mayor, translating every word. When it was time for the “I do’s,” Guerrero beamed and said his part loudly and proudly in English.

A native of Mexico, he met Gonzalez when he was working for her father, he said through a young translator. He got a big hug from his new bride’s youngest child after the wedding and the room filled with smiles.

Analia said that she and her sister feel they are representing their family in whatever they do as “the first generation to get an education in the United States.”

Both girls serve on Wilson’s Student Council, and Miliany, who hopes to be a pediatrician one day, works with children who have special needs through a peer mentoring program at the school.

“It gives the students an opportunity to build a relationship with someone as a friend and somebody they can look up to,” said Analia, who hopes to someday be a flight attendant or to work in the field of fashion.

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Join the ranks: Be a protector of local and independent Peter Rose Wyandotte Warrior

I began putting my thoughts to words, now, some 57 months ago when I accepted the request to contribute a monthly column about localism to what was then just the Grosse Ile Grand.

All the information and ideas and communications from advocacy organizations, over many years, had educated me, frustrated me, angered me, and motivated me to work harder to explain local economics to people who would read these columns.

Because I can explain it and express it, I felt it was an absolute responsibility to do so.

Nearly five years later, I feel worse about things, not better, but I’m glad for the writing. It’s cathartic.

If you are reading this in Trenton – welcome to this paper, and to this column!

The Trenton Times is now a part of the audience that reaches every home and business in Grosse Ile, Wyandotte, Riverview, Southgate and Trenton. I am so glad to have the opportunity to write for more and more Downriver residents through these fine publications.

Because my businesses are in Wyandotte, I see these cities as the original Downriver, and absolutely the heart of the clientele I’m grateful to serve. I congratulate Go Big Multimedia, and wish them great success in Trenton as they fill the void left by the Trenton Trib in their own way.

The relentless purpose of my writings is to explain my perceptions about retail.

“Retail” is a broad term, encompassing every niche and means of distribution. It is just about any item one can buy, from tiny glass frogs to complete furniture sets, through stores or catalogs or the internet.

The stance from which I opine, however, sees every other form of retail besides small, local, and independent as invaders that have become far too dominant, and far too damaging to the businesses that keep money circulating locally.

National is defined by me as being a company that is funded by the stock market or any private equity group.

National retail exploded in the 1980s through the 2000s, eliminating thousands of local retailers across the nation in rapid order.

That centralized management jobs for these companies of endless variety to headquarters that were NOT here in Michigan. That eliminated thousands of local salespeople and jobs for countless vendors that serviced every region, everywhere. That diverted monies that used to be spent at local advertising agencies, or law firms, or any of the things and services that retailers need for operations. Internet businesses took that diversionary practice to a whole new level.

Cities that lost all their retailers to shiny new malls, rendering those towns diminished or even devastated.

Residents of Trenton feel the effect of this unfortunate truth through the demise and loss of Mulias and Elias.

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Eventually, smaller businesses with great ambition come to town, like Truago and Provence and The Vintage Mercantile to name a few notables, and we start to be able to breathe again.

It feels great watching operations like that succeed to the point that others want to come, too. We can see the impact that is being made, and we want to support them to fan the flame of rebirth, let alone to buy into those places’ unique offerings.

That’s how businesses grow, and growth in business leads to greater prosperity for the town itself. Believe me, every single purchase, every dollar matters far more than you can imagine.

All the towns that Go Big serves are havens for small, local, and independent.

Southgate has quite a few nationals, but they also have many Indies. Go Big Multimedia, anitself is local; without them, we have no papers. Chelsea and Willow Tree are proud to have made the decision to buy into their contribution for all five papers, adding more to the symbiotic nature of the challenge here Downriver.

I urge all of you reading this to take my message to heart if you haven’t already (and there are a lot of folks who have). In addition to my family businesses in Wyandotte, I am also the fanatical advocate for local and small to strengthen our cities, our region.

I do that through Love Wyandotte, or formally, the Wyandotte Independent Business Alliance. One of the baseline things we do is to hype local businesses in Wyandotte.

Emily Gail (of Gail’s Office Supply) used to have a store in Detroit, in a time of deepening decline. She made her voice heard, loud and clear, through her Say Nice Things About Detroit campaign. How inspiring that is. That’s what we do. We say supportive, kind things in public, we offer critiques or even criticism in private.

Love Wyandotte spawned Love Local, because we endorse the concept of shopping local and small wherever we go, in or out of our company’s city. I urge you to find it on facebook, like and follow. More importantly, follow our lead. Give glowing reports of meals you eat a to locally owned businesses both in and out of the towns you live in. If you have a complaint, you don’t get points for being publicly negative and harming them.

A friend of mine that I still miss posted this as his last post on facebook: Be Nice, People (yes, it was Dan Drotar). It’s about as simple and succinct as you can get! It feels so much better to spread good cheer, and to be supportive and grateful for what we have in our towns, serving our needs.

The baseline precept of Love Wyandotte is to urge everyone we can reach to slow down and think first: Can I get it locally? And to make that step the first step you take for every purchase.

It goes further: Since you know that so much more money stays local if you do make those decisions, take the responsibility for challenging your friends to do the same. Not for a while, not just on Small Business Saturday — All the time. Make the idea spread. The heck with Trickle down theory, let’s make Flow up the course we choose – together.

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Rose Koval named ‘Agent of the Year’

Century 21 Riverpointe honors award-winning agents

The recently retired Rose Koval won Agent of the Year honors again and another Centurion Award from Century 21.

E. Ann Redfield, Broker/Owner of Century 21 Riverpointe, recently announced the 2021 award-winning agents at the company’s annual Awards Breakfast held at Grosse Ile Golf &

Country Club on Feb. 14.

Agent Rose Koval was again recognized as a Centurion Producer and Agent Of The Year by Redfield.

Rose Koval retired at the end of 2021 and did so with a bang after achieving a coveted award from Mike Miedler, Chief Executive Officer of Century 21 Real Estate LLC, for achieving the Centurion award for more than 21 consecutive years. This is an accomplishment that very few Realtors achieve.

“The power of the CENTURY 21 brand rests on the shoulders of the relentless sales professionals like Rose Koval who always elevate and give 121 percent to their clients throughout the entire client relationship,” said Miedler. “So, as we celebrate their accomplishments, we understand that delivering extraordinary experiences is what homebuyers, sellers and investors deserve, and they should be demanding from their real estate company and agent of choice.”

After more than 35 years of being a Grosse Ile real estate icon and having such an impact on her clients and fellow Realtors alike, Koval will be sorely missed.

According to Redfield, “Rose has been a leader and innovator in delivering powerful home buying and selling choices to her clients because of her expertise in the industry, the service she has always provided and knowing the communities she serves. She has been a trusted real estate resource not only for Grosse Ile, but for the entire Downriver Detroit area and a major contributor to the overall success of Century 21 Riverpointe.”

Jennifer Kish of Century 21 Riverpointe is proud and honored to continue serving the needs of Koval’s clients, as she has been Rose’s friend and Mentee for over 20 years.

Other production awards presented at the Awards Breakfast were the Platinum Awards received by Kish and Niki Grigg; Gold Award Winners: Judy

Cemer and Tom Medick; Silver Award Winner: Lorie Polgar and Linda Ann Halford; and Bronze Award Winners: Susie Harrison, Maria Chirco, Tim Wojtala, Gloria Wilson, Jake Beaubien and Kristina Miller.

Redfield said she was also very happy to report Century 21 Riverpointe again earned the 2021 Quality Service Pinnacle Award and that a record number of her team earned the 2021 Quality Service Producer Award.

The annual award is based on results from the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Survey, which is e-mailed to consumers immediately after the purchase or sale of their home. To earn the award, Realtors must receive completed surveys for at least 80 percent of their transactions and receive a score of at least 95 percent.

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Nonprofit Pound Pals Downriver saves shelter pets Pet Pals Downriver helped Marshmallow with surgery and veterinary care and now he lives in his permanent home in Trenton.

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badly injured 1-yearold dog was found – unable to walk and panting in pain – in September by the side of the road. He had been hit by a car and left to die.

Twelve hours later, the tiny dog -- named Marshmallow -- was turned over to Pound Pals Downriver, a nonprofit group that helps local shelters and shelter animals in need.

The dog’s pelvis and both of his back legs were broken.

“Pound Pals Downriver stepped up to fund the immediate medical care he needed,” said Thomas Abraham of Riverview, director of the group, which was founded in 2006.

Marshmallow first got emergency veterinary care and then endured a complicated surgery by an orthopedic veterinary specialist. The cost was $8,000 – more than the group, funded by donations, has ever spent before on one of the hundreds of pets it cares for each year.

Then Pound Pals found a foster home to oversee the dog’s months of recuperation.

The pup, now fully recovered, was adopted recently by a Trenton family that has another rescue dog, who’d also been found with a broken leg.

“Our role is to support the city shelter and make sure the animals get the care they need to be adopted,” Abraham said. “The need is pretty steady. We raise and spend about $50,000 a year on veterinary care for the homeless animals at the shelter.

This covers pretty much everything from simple antibiotics to major surgeries.”

The shelter he’s talking about is the Downriver Central Animal Control intake shelter, 14300 Reaume Parkway, Southgate. DCAC is a consolidation of four cities’ animal control departments, serving Wyandotte, Southgate, Riverview and Allen Park. Once the

pets there are treated for what ails them – everything from parasites to injuries as extensive as Marshmallow’s – and spayed or neutered and brought up to date on vaccines, the animals go to the Wyandotte Animal Adoption Center, 1170 Grove, where volunteers assist in

daily care and the adoption process.

Abraham’s wife, Alyssa Stafford, is that shelter’s manager, a paid position, although she also works as a volunteer.

The couple has two children, three small dogs and two cats of their own, and the family also fosters animals in

need.

“We (at the Wyandotte center) adopt out usually between 400-500 pets a year,” Abraham said. “We at Pound Pals Downriver are a separate nonprofit organization that supports the shelters and the pets at the shelters.”

Years ago, it was common practice for some animal shelters to routinely euthanize stray pets that came in with infections or injuries.

“Now, with Pound Pals Downriver, so many animals are spared suffering or worse,” said Eve Howell of Riverview. “I volunteer at the Wyandotte shelter and I can attest to the cleanliness, efficiency and warmth this place has.

Prior to Pound Pals Downriver, if someone wanted to make a donation to the shelter, it went directly to the city fund.”

There was no guarantee that donated money would find its way to the shelter. But now donations can be made to Pound Pals Downriver, and the money goes directly to help shelter animals in need.

Donations and volunteers are always welcome, but another way people can help, wherever they live, is to support their cities’ animal shelters.

“The best message we can send is to support the shelters,” Abraham said.

“They’re working hard doing good work and need continued support.”

To apply to adopt a pet through the Wyandotte center, applications can be filled out online at www.wacshelter. com. The center uses a short survey to better match pets with the right homes. Pets available for adoption can be found on the Facebook pages of Downriver Central Animal Control and Wyandotte Animal Shelter, or through the websites of Petfinder.com and AdoptAPet.com.

To volunteer for Downriver Central Animal Control, send email to dcacvolunteers1@gmail.com.

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A presentation will be given that will give an update on FDR’s restoration projects and other programs and issues that FDR is working on to improve and protect the natural resources and increase recreational opportunities around the Detroit River.

Along with this presentation, the event includes an opportunity for social networking, a catered dinner by Truago, live entertainment, door prizes and a silent auction.

It is always a pleasant evening with good food, good friends, and a great view of the Detroit River from the Wyandotte Boat Club.

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Friends of the Detroit River to hold Lower Detroit River Cleanup event The Friends of the Detroit River group is hard at work planning for this year’s annual spring cleanup, which will be in celebration of Earth Day and the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. On April 23 from 9 a.m. until noon, FDR staff, board and volunteers will gather at Trenton Rotary Park to clean up litter and debris that has accumulated over the winter months around lower Detroit River’s shoreline parks and islands.

Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the park for an orientation then be split up into cleanup groups to go out in boats on the river. For the folks that would prefer to stay on the mainland, don’t fear, there’s still plenty of impact to be made by helping to clean up onshore areas!

We hope that these two important events will encourage volunteers to show their appreciation for our precious natural resources by celebrating Earth Day with us and

Volunteers boat out to Celeron Island to help pick up litter and debris off the island’s beach areas during a previous FDR clean-up event.

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This cleanup event will be held in partnership with the Detroit River Coalition (DRC) and the Great Lakes CleanUP. The Detroit River Coalition members will be kicking off Earth

Day with an art exhibition at the Belle Isle Aquarium, local artists will be featured in the exhibition and the art will follow an environmental conservation theme. The exhibition will be made available to the public from April 22-24.

Along with the art exhibition, the DRC will host seven cleanups on April 23. The DRC’s Canadian members will be hosting a cleanup on April 9 and a Tree Planting event on April 24. If you would like more information on DRC events, head to detroitrivercoalition.com.

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By Laura Mann, GR Class of 2025 This past month has been an exciting one for Gabriel Richard Catholic High School. Successes have included the induction of the newest National Honor Society members, multiple sports teams receiving academic all-state honors, and the winter sports season coming to a close after having very successful seasons. One team in particular did exceedingly well this season, the newly revived wrestling team. Gabriel Richard’s wrestling program went to Ford Field for the state championships on March 4 and 5, 2022.

This year was the wrestling program’s first year back after more than ten years of dormancy, and the first year that the team had a girl’s wrestling division at Ford Field. There were three qualifiers from Gabriel Richard for this distinguished competition. The GR qualifiers were Rihanna Venegas, Sebastian Martinez, and Joey Calhoun – all of whom are freshman.

The state competition ended with Joey Calhoun placing eighth, Rihanna Venegas placing fourth, and Sebastian Martinez placing first in their respective weight classes. This was an incredible feat for GR’s wrestling program in the first season after the program’s resurrection. There are great things to come for the team in the future, especially with foundations as sturdy as Venegas, Martinez, and Callhoun leading the way for all future Pioneers in the program.

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Creative Montessori an excellent choice for some

For parents seeking something a little less traditional in their child’s academic career, there is a wonderful little option nestled away on McCann Street in Southgate.

Housed in the former Schafer High School building is Creative Montessori Academy, home to preschoolers through eighth-graders.

Open as a public academy more than two decades ago, Creative Montessori is a fully accredited charter school. Grades one through eight are free to any Wayne County resident.

Creative Montessori also offers tuition-based preschool, latchkey and summer programming.

Current enrollment tops 700 students, according to Lindsay Defenthaler, a Montessori instructor coach at the school. Defenthaler said there are about 30 teachers at the school and class size is generally under 30 students.

Students are taught in groups. Grades one through three learn together, as do grades four through six and seventh and eighth.

The Montessori Method of teaching is a philosophy of education developed by Dr. Maria Montessori at the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Montessori said of her philosophy, “Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his inmost core.”

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The first is through the use of multiage classrooms. This allows for a more natural progression of learning through the childhood years without the barriers of nine month increments. Children receive lessons in the things they are ready for and interested in within the three year cycle, while always meeting state guidelines.

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The final principle focuses on having an individualized program for each child. In the Montessori classroom, children are honored for who they are, and for where they are in their personal development. Each child’s strengths are recognized and built upon.

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“We don’t use textbooks and worksheets,” she said. “It’s way more hands-on. You will find a lot of charts and fingerboards in our classrooms.”

Defenthaler said that at the end of eighth grade when students move on from Montessori to a more traditional education environment, many of them find they are academically ahead of their peers Creative Montessori is currently enrolling students. If you have questions, the school can be reached at 734-284-5600.

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Two Wyandotte wrestlers earn all-state honors Wyandotte was represented by six wrestlers at this year’s Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state finals at Ford Field on March 4-5 and two of them – Michael Stathakis and Alex Biundo – came home with all-state honors.

Stathakis, a sophomore, was fifth at 171 pounds and Biundo, a senior, was eighth at 140.

Stathakis, who was a fourth-place finisher at regionals, opened the state meet with a dominant 9-1 win over regional champion Brad Winkel of Byron Center. Stathakis then earned a win over Jason Hines of Midland, who had to retire mid-match with an injury.

Stathakis fell out of the winner’s bracket when he was pinned by

eventual second-place finisher Manuel Rojas of Catholc Central.

In the match for fifth and sixth place, Stathakis outpointed Trave’air Barbour of Warren Cousino 14-12.

Stathakis finished the season with a record of 36-17.

Biundo started the meet with a 7-0 win before being pinned by regional champion Gabe Cappellano of Hartland.

After losing, Biundo wrestled back with a win against regional champ Gavin White of Battle Creek Lakeview before falling to Owen.

Biundo was set to wrestle in the match for seventh and eight place, but an injury kept him from competing.

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qualifiers were 135-pound Christian Byrne, 145-pound Max Biundo, 152-pound Xavier Bryne and 215-pound Lu Peterson.

Among that group, Peterson and Max Biundo each won a match.

Peterson lost his first match of the tournament before bouncing back to beat Jaxon Hicks of Flushing 6-4.

Peterson’s stay ended one match later when he lost 5-3 to Spencer Vos of Plymouth.

Max Biundo scored a 14-5 victory over Gavyn Stout of Muskegon Mona Shores in his first match at the state meet, but he was pinned by regional champ Owen Payne of Davidson in his next match and fell out of the tournament with a 9-0 loss to James

Rivers of Romeo. Nathan Jerore of Woodhaven one the 145-pound division state title.

Christian Byrne lost to Cameron Freeman of Davidson and to Zak Knapp of Brighton. Xavier Byrne lost to Brysonn Aulbach of Rockford and to Jason Onwenu of West Bloomfield.

This was the first year for the MHSAA hosting a girl’s state tournament and Maleah Slayton was Roosevelt’s lone qualifier.

The sophomore won one match at 110 pounds and she closed out the year with a total of seven victories.

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The Roosevelt basketball team, which won just five games this year, saw the season come to a close on March 7 with an 83-55 loss to Downriver League rival Taylor in the first round of the Division 1 district at Riverview High School. The two teams had divided two earlier games this season with the Bears winning 69-42 at home and losing 51-48 at Taylor. Although the Bears finished with a 5-16 record and in eighth place in the nineteam Downriver League, the season did have some big highlights, including a buzzer-beating three-point shot to knock off Grosse Ile on opening night and a thrilling 55-53 win over League champ Woodhaven.

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Hello, my name is Jazmyn Bernard, the new environmental education park ranger at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge!

I am a passionate anime lover, traveling enthusiast, and strategic planner/organizer. I graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources Ecology and Management.

Despite four years of heavy course loads, I led a research project on Barred Owls (Strix varia) and Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus). In addition to the owl research, I helped plant trees to protect marshes and combat LSU’s

about this community. My goal in life is to use my knowledge and passions to connect the young and old to nature.

To accomplish this goal, I hope to become a “bridge” between science and the public, thus giving the public the knowledge and “tools” they need to become protectors of the environment.

carbon footprint and worked to gather data on the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia).

Along with balancing my rigorous education and research schedule, I managed to watch over 800 hours of anime, travel to Africa for a study abroad program, and buy an unnecessary amount of colored highlighters and planners.

After college, I completed two internships with Minnesota Valley and Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. Through these internships, I found my love for teaching others about the environment.

Following my passion for environmental education, I moved to Michigan to become a park ranger.

Although I am far from home, I am excited to meet new people and learn

Aleigha Alexander Hello, my name is Aleigha Alexander, I am the new GS9 Park Ranger and Volunteer Coordinator at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

My love for working outdoors and passion to become a park ranger started when I was fifteen working for the Piatt County Forest Preserve Park District in Central Illinois. I obtained my Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University in Park Management and Conversation with an emphasis in Interpretation.

During my college education, I participated in

Todd Weston Hi, I’m Todd Weston, the new volunteer coordinator and one of the park rangers with the awesome job of helping people to realize nature is everywhere and everyone can be a naturalist.

My lifelong passion for sharing science with others, which started where I grew up outside of Kansas City, Missouri, has taken me from coast to coast and now, thankfully, Michigan.

All of my many experiences have given me an endless amount of stories to tell and I am excited to add new pages to this chapter of my life.

In my free time, I enjoy learning more about science and expressing myself artistically through poetry and resin-based art.

I already love taking “Michigan lefts” and am excited for when I can finally see this Upper Peninsula Aleigha Alexander everyone keeps talking about!

two internships. One at the Hatteras Island Jazmyn Bernard Ocean Center a non-profit organization whose goal is to educate the public on the ecosystem of the island as well as maintain tourism year-round.

My second internship was with the National Park Service on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, working at the Cape Hatteras Light Station, the tallest brick lighthouse in North America.

During my internships, I also participated in the Sea Turtle Nest Sitting program where I aided in the release of endangered turtles to the ocean.

Since graduating from college, I have worked as a Park Ranger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Perry Lake in Kansas and Wappapello Lake in I identify closely with Dr. Seuss’s The Missouri. While in these positions I Lorax when he says, “I speak for the have received the Kansas City District trees.” In my free time, I enjoy being Heartland Award, the St. Louis District with my family and friends, adventuring Appreciation Award, and the St. Louis outdoors, and watching K-State football, District Team Award.

Go Cats!

All these experiences have further I am thrilled to be a part of the enhanced my passion for Interpretation, Detroit River International Wildlife desire to provide education about Refuge team, and I am eager to use my nature to the public (or community), knowledge and skills to enhance the and helping to facilitate a connection connection between the community and between nature and people. the Refuge.

Todd Weston

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