Partnering to conserve the monarch butterfly migration
Meet Our Staff
Leah Darst
Education Specialist
Leah assists with MJV's education and outreach programs, focusing on professional development for educators and other programming. She graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, with degrees in Environmental Studies and Spanish. Leah has been a naturalist for over 20 years: at seven nature centers across Minnesota, the Minnesota Zoo, and through her own business, Nature Enthusiations. She's been on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Dragonfly Society since 2018 and is also their Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator. She is an enthusiastic educator who loves finding connections with people to collaboratively learn and share about the natural world, with a special interest in invertebrates and conservation. When she's not working or volunteering, she loves photographing everything she notices on walks, making creations from things others would leave behind, meeting all the dogs she can, and taking her basset hound on sniffaris.
