Education Manager
He is an educator par excellence. His passion for education has led him to create workshops and seminars for the benefit of children and young people in Puerto Rico. He holds certifications as a manager, planner, trainer, and interpretive guide from the National Association for Interpretation.
In the Estuary, Eliezer is in charge of the development and coordination of the Education Program, the coordination of the certification of estuarine citizen scientists, professional training workshops for teachers and heritage interpreters, and he coordinates participatory bird censuses in the different ecosystems of the Estuary.
Currently, he also works as a geography professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and is the Puerto Rico coordinator for the Learning Tree Project, a Population Education instructor, and the coordinator for NAI Region 3, "The Sunny Southeast," for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He continues to collaborate with various community-based environmental groups on ecotourism and heritage interpretation projects. He worked as a Park Ranger Interpreter (US National Park Service) in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, and Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. For over 10 years, he has been a guest instructor for the Diploma in Natural Resource Management and Conservation, RESERVA Course, coordinated by Ducks Unlimited of Mexico (DUMAC).
Eliezer holds a Bachelor of Education degree with concentrations in History and Geography from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of Geography degree with a specialization in Outdoor Education from the University of Akron in Ohio. He is a member of the following organizations: National Association for Interpretation (NAI), American Association of Geographers (AAG), Project Learning Tree, Population Connection, and Birds Caribbean.
He received the highest distinctions in scouting, Eagle Listener and Honor Vigil of the Order of the Arrow, assigning him the name: Allohakasin Schindikeu , which means, the one who instructs about the Forest, which he demonstrates on every occasion with the groups he receives in the San Juan Bay Estuary.
