Corinne Goldman she/her
Corinne is one of the Core Teachers at Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool. After serving two years as an AmeriCorps , working and learning at Wren’s Nest, Corrine earned her Early Childhood Education Licensure.
She loves spending her days hiking through forests, climbing rocks, following tracks, creating art and learning about the workings of nature with young children.
Corinne graduated from Castleton University with a BS in Environmental Science & Chemistry— she is passionate about environmental education and conservation and hopes, in working with youth, to foster that same reverence for the natural world.
Camps: Wren’s Nest Explorers
Emma Jackman she/her
Hello everyone! I am Emma Jackman. I use she/her/hers pronouns, and currently reside in a small home nestled away in the forest of Lincoln, Vermont. I am a full-time student enrolled in Vermont State University's online education program and am working to receive my B.A. in Early Childhood Education and Teaching Licensure come Spring of 2025. In my time away from school, my greatest passions are creative writing, making art, wandering in the forest, and finding a warm spot for a summer swim! I first became affiliated with the Willowell Foundation as a student in the Walden Project during my junior and senior years of highschool. I now am proud to be a member of the Wren's Nest Forest Preschool teaching team, and work part time with the incredible class of preschoolers and help lead summer programing.
Camps: Wren’s Nest Explorers
Ian Gramling he/him
Ian has finished his AmeriCorps service, working and learning from the Director and Core Teachers at Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool and through service in the New Roots Project. He is now a teacher at Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool.
Ian is a lifelong resident of Ferrisburgh, Vermont and graduated from Willowell’s Walden Project in 2017. He went on to study military history at Norwich University for some years, but loves teaching kids in the great outdoors!
In his personal time, he enjoys historical reenacting, bushcraft, metal detecting, and playing Irish music. He’s excited for another summer of camps, and is ready to explore and play in the woods!
Camps: Sub
Sally Lincoln she/her
Sally Lincoln has worked with children in outdoor settings for several decades and enjoys sharing her love of the natural world with others. She spent 15 years at Shelburne Farms in the Children’s Farmyard connecting the public to agriculture and the environment. She then transitioned to the Schoolhouse Learning Center and joined the preschool team at an outdoor and play based program. For 12 years there, she helped children explore their surroundings and navigate “risky play” in a group setting. Currently Sally is an educator at Treewild Forest Classroom. She also works at various other programs such as: Old School, Wren’s Nest, Homestead, and New Village Farm. In Sally’s free time she enjoys hiking, gardening, traveling and kayaking.
Camps: Wren’s Nest Explorers and Jumping Mouse
Tristan Cunningham she/her
Tristan Cunningham is a Vermont native and long time circus artist & actor. She started her circus days when she was only ten and toured with Circus Smirkus for 8 summers!
She is a S.U.N.Y Purchase Theater Arts and Film Conservatory Graduate and a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. She has won the 2016 TBA Outstanding Performance Award and the 2016 BATCC Excellence in Theater Award. She is also a trained acrobat and juggler and has performed with Circus Bella, Velocity Circus, Medical Clown Project, Cirque Berzerk, San Francisco Mime Troupe and circus legends Alberto Zoppe and Marcel Marceau.
Most recently she was in All Rise on CBS, The Fugitive starring Kiefer Sutherland, NCIS, 9-1-1, Mr. Mayor, Netflix’s comedy show Family Reunion, CSI Vegas, The Conners and Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt as Toni.
She is the youth circus program director at Cirque School LA, former Circus Smirkus board member and chair of the Diversity and Access Committee, and a resident artist with Prescott Circus Theater.
Camps: Circus Camps STARS and COMETS
Addison Tate he/him
Addison works with youth in ecology, agriculture, and social systems, all of which has taken him to the lakes and forests of the Champlain Valley and the Adirondacks, the Hudson Valley and the rocky coast of Northern California, landing him back home in Addison County.
He graduated Vassar College with a degree in Environmental Studies and then served as an AmeriCorps member at the Walden Project which led him to his current role as a lead teacher for Willowell’s Pond Brook Middle School.
He has spent past summers as a camp counselor at Willowell and Keewaydin on Lake Dunmore (where he honed his water-bending skills) and is thrilled to be leading a Willowell camp this summer.
Camps: Avatar, Great Willowell Cooking
