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Take a look at our 2010 leaders to get a sense of the strength behind our programs. A majority of staff return to lead again and many of the bios include staff member's history with Windsor Mountain. All our leaders are at least 23 years of age, have experience working with high school age students, and are certified in first aid, CPR and lifeguard training. In June, our leaders participate in an intensive training program that has been developed over our 48 years of experience.
Angus Whyte: Student Travel Program Director
Angus has worked with Windsor Mountain since 1997. He led too many Windsor Mountain Traveling Theatre programs to count, joined us for the epic Lord Of the Rings Theatre Festival in 2003 and has worn many other hats around the campus including resident yoga instructor, one on one shadow, and our Master of Ceremonies, "Experiential Ed". Angus is a graduate of the Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake CA. He has worked extensively in Theatre and Theatre Education in his hometown of Atlanta, GA, and at various places around the USA. In addition to being active in the theatrical world, Angus is an avid cyclist, hip-hop advocate and spaghetti eater. Having recently finished a three-year stint working for the Frantz Lab at the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at Georgia State University, Angus is happy to be leaving immunocytochemistry, autoradiography, and the study of cell surface receptor proteins back at the lab for a while!
SUMMER TRAVEL STAFF 2010
Kate Berge – BRIDGE CARIBBEAN
Kate believes that there are no two things that go better together than travel and education, and can be seen spanning the globe, looking for opportunities that allow her to combine these two passions. Kate's experience includes working for Semester at Sea, a "floating university" study abroad program where she planned programs and events for college students aboard the 800-person passenger ship. She also led in-country excursions including a Habitat for Humanity program in South Africa, a homestay trip in India, and a volcano hike (where she roasted marshmallows over active lava!) in Guatemala. Kate holds a Masters in Science from Northeastern University in Applied Education Psychology and a Bachelor's in Psychology from Ithaca College. Kate currently works for the Houston, TX school district's Outdoor Education Center where she teaches science and history classes to groups of 5th graders. She is quite excited for her next great adventure.... BRIDGE CARIBBEAN 2010! This will be Kate's fifth (!) summer with Windsor Mountain and she could not be happier about heading to the Islands with Adam, Max, and a group of awesome students! This will truly be another epic summer of saltfish, breadfruit, and more! (Leaders in Training '06, Bridge Hawaii '07 and '08, Bridge Caribbean '09).
Adam Aronovitz – BRIDGE CARIBBEAN
Adam has committed himself to education both in and out of the classroom. He currently lives in Boston and teaches 6th grade math and leads an Outdoor Education program at the Mario Umana Middle School Academy in East Boston. He absolutely loves to travel and could not be more excited about being a co-leader on the Bridge Caribbean expedition for the third time. He has traveled extensively across the globe and likes nothing more than truly soaking up the culture in various countries and interacting with the local population. Adam earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in New Orleans in the field of International Political Economics and earned his master's degree at London's University of Westminster in International Relations. When Adam is not teaching or traveling or continuing his own education, you can find him participating in any out-of-doors activities from sailing to scuba diving and skiing to backpacking. To replenish his reserves for his high-energy lifestyle, Adam enjoys frequenting the many ethnic eateries in the Boston area, especially the fine establishments in Chinatown. (Bridge Puerto Rico '06, Bridge Mexico '07, Bridge Caribbean '08, '09).
March Yi Peng Wang – BRIDGE CHINA
March is a middle school teacher who works at the Confucius Institute at Coan Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently, he is teaching sixth and seventh grade Chinese and eighth grade math. March spent the first 12 years of his life living in Beijing, China, then he moved to the United States, first living in San Francisco, then Atlanta. March loves to travel! he has been to North Korea, Burma, Australia, Argentina, Japan, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, as well as much of Europe, Southeast Asia, and North America. March graduated from Emory University with degrees in Philosophy and Chinese studies. his favorite TV show is When Animals Attack. His favorite book (at the moment) is Survival of the Sickest. March's favorite musician is Jay Chow. March is fluent in Chinese and English. His dream is to translate the essence of the Chinese literary classics into English and other languages. His goal in life is to bring happiness to his family and friends. March really loves eating sashimi and hot spicy tofu. March served as the graduate assistant for Emory University CIPA summer study abroad program in China for the past three years. He is familiar with and has extensive contacts in cities such as Hong Kong, Xi'an, Beijing, and Shanghai. March can't wait to lead Bridge China for third year in a row!
Amy Feng – BRIDGE CHINA
Jia Amy Feng, who goes by Amy, was born and raised in China. In college, she majored in English and specialized in a program to "Teach Foreigners Chinese." During the past year, Amy worked as a Chinese teacher at Maynard Jackson High School in Atlanta, Georgia and had an amazing time! The two things she loves most in the world are food and travel. She has been to China, Tibet, Hong Kong, Korea, Canada, and the U.S. Amy loves sushi and Chinese food, but does not like pizza. Her favorite movies are Face Off and Once Upon A Time In America. Her favorite TV show is Friends. Amy loves everything related to Winnie the Pooh. She has a dog and a cat, but is allergic to both of them! Amy is excited to get to know all the students in the group and can't for the trip to start! This is her second year leading Bridge China.
Travis Rubury – BRIDGE PUERTO RICO
Travis is really excited to be returning to Windsor Mountain as a Student Travel Leader. He has worked at the base camp for the past three years, moving from Art Department to Waterfront to Wilderness Tripping Staff. Travis has traveled throughout his life, to countries including Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, and Japan. After graduating Bard College with a degree in fine art photography last May, Travis spent the summer and fall working, playing, and learning at Windsor Mountain. After leaving camp, he spent the remainder of the fall rock climbing throughout the east coast. Travis was busy traveling throughout the winter and spring. He spent two months in Vancouver, Canada, working for NBC's TODAY Show for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The next three months were spent journeying through India and Thailand. These travels combined Travis' love for food, rock climbing, exploring, and photography into one giant adventure. He can't wait to share his love of traveling and exploring new places with the students of Bridge Puerto Rico!
Leah Boch – BRIDGE PUERTO RICO
After working in the Wilderness Tripping Department last summer, Leah is excited to be joining the Travel Staff this year. Leah's love for travel started when she was a camper at Windsor Mountain and a fellow camper from Belgium invited her to spend three weeks traveling in Belgium and France. Not speaking a word of French, Leah realized how important language was and decided to spend her junior year of high school in Spain with School Year Abroad to master the Spanish language. Since then, the travel bug has stayed strong. During college, Leah spent time working and studying in Chile, Costa Rica, and Brazil. After having fallen in love with the pace of life in Costa Rica, she recently decided to return and spend six months in Monteverde, where she was an assistant teacher at the Cloud Forest School. When she wasn't teaching, she filled her afternoons by climbing strangler figs, brushing up on her Spanish, attempting to dance salsa, and perfecting her gallo pinto (rice and beans) recipe, which she is excited to share with the Bridge Puerto Rico group!
Nayeli Reyes – BRIDGE PERU
Nayeli has always been interested in programs that are fun, educational, and make a difference in people's lives. In Argentina, where she grew up, she volunteered in disadvantaged areas and did extensive work with school youth groups. In the US, she taught Spanish in various settings, including a language immersion camp. She also worked for the YMCA where she was a summer camp counselor, trail guide, ropes course facilitator, and a leader for Project Common Ground (teaching children to appreciate diversity). At the moment, she teaches Science and Language to fourth graders at an English immersion school in Cordoba, Argentina. She enjoys traveling and experiencing a variety of cultures by living within them. Nayu feels that any time or place can be a good reason to dance and laugh. She believes you can learn from everything and that everyone has something to teach.
Jim Whitmore – BRIDGE PERU
Jim is always trying to meet interesting people and go to interesting places to keep him excited about life and the world around him. This can be seen in his wide travels that include studying world views in a rural school in Jamaica, five months in Austria exploring European culture, and three years teaching at the Escuela Internacional La Lime near San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He continued teaching for four years in a small bilingual school at Zamorano. This 2000 graduate from Ball State University enjoys working with Windsor Mountain during his summers and is currently working on his Masters Degree in International and Comparative Education. Jim and his wife (Fanny) are now living in Bloomington, Indiana. He enjoys hiking and camping, kayaking, scuba diving, and loves photography (you probably saw his pictures when you signed up for the Peru trip!) This will be Jim's sixth student travel program with Windsor Mountain (Random Acts of Kindness '03, Bridge Caribbean '04, '05, Bridge Peru '07, '08).
Thatcher Glode - BRIDGE SOUTHERN AFRICA
Thatcher currently lives in Jackson, Wyoming, where he is a youth counselor in a group home for high school students. After growing up in the beautiful mountains of Colorado, Thatcher attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs. During his junior year, he had the amazing opportunity to study abroad on Semester at Sea, visiting 16 different countries (including South Africa) over a span of 8 months. It was on this program that Thatcher fell in love with travel and education. He had the chance to hear Castro speak in Cuba, go on a safari in Tanzania, visit the Taj Mahal in India, and climb Mt. Fuji in Japan. This program has forever impacted Thatcher's life and greatly opened his eyes to the vast world around him. Thatcher has recently visited several countries throughout Europe and is eagerly looking forward to leading Bridge Southern Africa. When not traveling or working, Thatcher can be found fly-fishing in the Snake River under the Tetons in Jackson, or skiing in the back-country on Teton Pass. (Bridge Hawaii '06, '07, Bridge Southern Africa '08, '09).
Sarah Foster – BRIDGE SOUTHERN AFRICA
Sarah loves encountering and connecting with new people, places, and ideas around the world, and she is thrilled to be leading her eighth Windsor Mountain travel program this summer! Sarah graduated from Brown University in 2001 with a degree in literature with honors in creative writing, and from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2002. Since then, she has been teaching, performing, and traveling. She toured with a mask and puppet show across teh United States in 2003, and then moved to Portland, Oregon, where she teaches physical theater, play writing, and stilt walking all over town and,a s Co-Artistic Director of the Nomadic Theatre Co., creates original shows and performs them around the Pacific Northwest. Sarah is an active member of Clowns Without Borders, through which she has traveled several times to Haiti and throughout Southern Africa. Besides traveling and theatre, some of Sarah's other favorite things in the world include biking around Portland, playing the trombone, ice cream, partner acrobatics, and jumping in the ocean. (New England Traveling Theatre '02, '03, European Traveling Theatre '04, '05, California Traveling Theatre '06, Bridge Southern Africa '08, '09).
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