Dina Drankus Pekelnicky

BOARD MEMBER

WAEE

dina@waee.org

I love being outside and I love introducing the joy of nature to others. My background is in social work and the more I experience, the more sure I am that connecting people with nature is powerfully healing. Being in nature allows so many complex internal processes to unfold that cannot be artificially manufactured. I have many interests, but a primary focus for me right now is developing nature therapy and experiences for infants and toddlers. I have worked with multiple nonprofits that aim to holistically support families from prenatal through preschool. In that work, another core focus of mine has always been social justice and health equity. Access to nature is clearly a social justice and health equity issue; it's a basic human right!