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Agata and Jason Ketterick met one bluebird day on the slopes of Mt. Crested Butte three years ago. They have spent every day since enjoying the outdoors together and have gone on many adventures including a two thousand mile road trip through Poland, a hiking trip through southern Utah and Arizona, a honeymoon in Maine that included hiking Mt. Katahdin and over one hundred miles of biking along the Atlantic ocean, as well as rock climbing and backcountry skiing/snowboarding trips throughout the country. With their mutual commitment to a strong environmental ethic, their passion to share this commitment with others, and their extensive teaching experience, Agata and Jason are excited to begin their adventures as Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers.
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Agata was born in Warsaw, Poland and after moving to the United States at the age of eight; her parents took her on her very first road trip to numerous national parks out west. That road trip planted the seeds of what would become an insatiable thirst for exploring wilderness areas and traveling in general. After Agata graduated from Vassar College with a degree in economics, she became involved in outdoor education. She spent several years leading trips and teaching throughout the country. Eventually, Agata moved to Vermont and earned a Masters degree in Natural Resource Management from the University of Vermont. Agata is looking forward to developing her outdoor leadership skills by becoming Wilderness First Aid certified and becoming a Leave No Trace Master Educator.
Jason grew up in the Rust Belt of northeastern Ohio exploring along the shore of Lake Erie and through the deciduous forests of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio University in 1997 and has since taught in various public and private school systems throughout the United States. Jason’s teaching experiences have taken him from traditional classroom settings to backcountry areas around the country. Jason has organized and administrated outdoor recreation clubs for students and community members in each of the school districts where he has taught. Jason worked in Glacier National Park though college where he developed a strong sense of stewardship of the national park system and public lands around the country. Additionally, Jason has almost ten years of experience teaching snowboarding and facilitating outdoor recreational activities such as white water rafting, biking, hiking, backpacking, and rock climbing to special needs and at-risk populations.
