About Mia

After two decades of working with soil, plants and animals as an organic farmer in Vermont, I returned to school at the age of 40. The self-designed curriculum at Goddard College allowed me to ask and find the answers to my own questions: a rare gift in the world of education, and it is this gift that I now strive to share with young children. Whether 4 years old or 40, there is tremendous power and joy in being allowed to learn what we need to learn.

​As an educator, I am committed to meeting children where they are. As natural learners, children are already intuitively working on what they need for their own growth and wellbeing. My role is to facilitate this learning by providing a rich, stimulating environment – whether woods, town or workshop; carefully timed questions and challenges to deepen inquiry; tools and materials, and above all, the love and friendship that are the basis of all learning.

Thickets was born in 2020 in Montpelier, VT, fulfilling a local need for children to gather safely together outside during the pandemic. It now moves to the coast of Maine and will continue to provide a space for joy, friendships and learning to flourish.