Stephanie Budd is the CitySprouts Garden Educator at the Haggerty School this school year! She is bringing almost 10 years of growing experience and science knowledge to the position. Most recently, she spent 3 years designing original curriculum and teaching middle school science classes in The Gambia. With that school, Stephanie started an on-site garden that enhanced student learning and was ultimately managed by students. The bulk of Stephanie’s farming know-how was developed throughout 6 years of leading afterschool and summer farm programming at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm in Chicago. She managed the Children's Garden, but also taught youth cooking classes with farm produce and led a creative arts program inspired by nature. Stephanie’s favorite things to do are get her hands dirty, bake with pumpkins, and learn new farm puns!