Haley Estabrook
Naturalist Educator
Haley grew up in Maine and spent her childhood summers enjoying the outdoors at her family’s camp or on an outer island in Blue Hill Bay. From a young age, she learned the importance of respecting and enjoying nature. After graduating from the University of Maine at Farmington, Haley began her journey as an educator in rural locations such as a remote village in Alaska and three of Maine’s outer islands. Her experience in unique public school settings has encouraged her to become a resourceful and adaptable educator. Haley has a deep passion for exploring, learning, and teaching about the Maine outdoors and six years of experience teaching elementary-level students. Haley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and is a professionally certified teacher.
Pascal Tessier
Naturalist Educator
Growing up in Maryland right outside the DC border provided Pascal with a strong contrast from where he felt most comfortable: exploring the beauty and mysteries of nature. Pascal grew attached to the lush wilderness of Maine, from his experiences fishing along the coast and jumping into the exhilarating cold to paddling the St. Croix and Allagash rivers, and hiking through the hundred mile wilderness to the top of Katahdin. Finding a sense of purpose in helping others connect to the outdoors led Pascal to earn a bachelor’s degree in Outdoor Leadership from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. Later working with Outward Bound to take students on growth-focused expeditions was a profound experience and a lesson in wanting to have a bigger impact by having a more consistent and long-lasting relationship with his students. Pascal can often be found exploring hard to reach places, tracking what he finds, and quietly sitting to admire his surroundings.
Rain Perez
Executive Assistant and Marketing Wizard
Raised by two small business owners in the coastal town of Lubec, Maine, Rain’s life and ideology have been driven by the connection of business and community. Growing up in a rural area implanted an elevated appreciation for “sense of place” and what that means both in physical locality and social embrace. Rain has worked with various community-oriented organizations and businesses in Maine, both as an employee and as a volunteer, including Lubec Memorial Library, The Whole Health Center, and the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce. She focused in philosophy at the College of the Atlantic, and continues to pursue educational opportunities in marketing, public relations and her personal passion, spirituality. Rain loves exploring small towns like the one she grew up in, especially visiting breweries, donut shops, or anywhere that will allow her to bring her dog. Rain has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic and is a Maine Notary Public.
Hazel Stark
Co-Founder, CEO, Naturalist Educator, Registered Maine Guide
Hazel grew up in the woods of Winterport, Maine, choosing a tent in the forest as her bedroom five months out of the year from age 9 until she left for college at 18. Identifying the tracks, scat, mushrooms, and owl sounds that existed in these woods gave her a deeper appreciation for the natural world and a passion for sharing its wonders with others. This reverence for the outdoors persisted into her studies at College of the Atlantic and into England, where she studied herbal medicine. Realizing that her true passion was in educating people about the natural world took Hazel across the country from California, to Wyoming, to New Hampshire, and back to her home state of Maine. Hazel holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic and a Professional Science Master's degree in Resource Management and Conservation from Antioch University New England. For more about Hazel's qualifications, visit her LinkedIn profile here.
Joseph (Joe) Horn
Co-Founder, Chief Strategist, and Registered Maine Guide
It was through teaching canoeing in high school that Joe first realized the tremendous power of outdoor education to immerse and captivate students in the content of their lessons. Since this early realization, Joe has studied natural history and education from California to Maine, Missouri to Wyoming, and many places in between. Joe graduated from Unity College in Maine with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology. He also earned his Master's of Business Administration in Sustainability and Master's of Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental Education at Antioch University New England. When he isn't running payroll or budgeting for MOS in the crepuscular hours or building custom homes as a carpenter by day, Joe can be found somewhere between a babbling trout stream, his kitchen, or on his sailboat seeking solitude, reflection, and intentionality in his everyday life.
Pogy
Personal Assistant
Pogy hit the ground running when she joined the Maine Outdoor School team in 2022. Though not having much experience in outdoor education, Pogy has shown incredible initiative in her on-the-job training. She is actively increasing her knowledge of all the local trails and looks forward to expanding her role at Maine Outdoor School in the future.