Friday Feature: Curious and Kind Education

Colleen Hroncich

Justine Wilson thought she wanted to be a veterinarian, but in college she discovered she was more interested in activism and community education. After graduation, she worked at a nature camp that led classes for teachers and their students during the school year. “I would have a little group for 2 ½ days, and that wasn’t enough,” she recalls.

Then she got a job at a science school where she had kids for a full week. “We did all the science that the public school...