Maya Pazmiño
Field Instructor
Maya is especially passionate about finding and facilitating opportunities to slow down, reflect, and imagine, whether this involves reading, writing, hiking, or some good, old-fashioned art and crafts.
Sol Jordan
Teen Assist
Sol loves exploring, spending time in the woods, making fires, and practicing nature crafts.
Julie Thayer
Field Instructor
Julie was born and raised in Virgil NY, where her love of the natural world first developed. Julie spent the majority of her childhood exploring the woods, and splashing through creek beds. As an adult, She found a passion for working with children.
Astrid Braddock
Field Instructor
Astrid grew up running around the woods of Ithaca with Primitive Pursuits, and now loves to spend her summers working as an instructor!
Victor Guimbretiere
Field Instructor
Victor has lived in Ithaca for most of his life, and has been attending Primitive Pursuits for over a decade now.