Kerissa joined our Nature Sanctuary team in early 2024. She earned a Wildlife Biology Degree and the University of Maine, and broadened her knowledge, studying a combination of wildlife management, ecology, wetland sciences, marine biology, as we as fish and avian species identification. She has participated in conservation education and local zoos and has shadowed Maine Fish and Wildlife (DEC). Her passion for wildlife started and a very young age and has led her to Spring Farm CARES.