Part-time Education Facilitator
Candyce is excited to be part of the CSU Spur as a part-time education facilitator to passionately empower all individuals to take an active role in their community to advance a sustainable future.
Her interest in nature and learning came from being raised on a small ranch in an agricultural prairie community in Wyoming. She participated many years in a 4-H club and had the opportunity to interact hands on with animals and farming practices while building relationships to better understand the natural world.
Candyce has 20 years of teaching experience in the classroom for science education, inspiring students in Wyoming, Colorado, Washington, and Iowa to help explore connections across the range of sciences while using STEAM based practices to investigate and problem solve solutions to real world phenomenon with evidentiary reasoning. As a teacher leader, she has led departments and trained staff on best practices in the educational setting, advised multiple national Science Olympiad teams, and designed curriculum that progressed project-based learning around the sustainability topics of wastewater, prairie restoration, and various service projects by students to promote the pillars of sustainability regarding equity, the environment, and economics.
Candyce holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Human Resource Studies from Colorado State University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology Education from Chadron State College. She enjoys all types of outdoor activities like paddleboarding, hiking, pickleball, snowboarding, and biking. When she is not at work, she especially loves her time with her spontaneous and adventurous wife, Polly, and their two sweet senior dogs, Lightning and Scout.
