Youth Spring Break Adventure with Isabel Chavez, Mitch Graham and Laura Hand – G26030503
Give your family a Spring Break to remember with an immersive week of wonder at Ghost Ranch! Parents and guardians are invited to enjoy Ghost Ranch themselves, enrolling in engaging workshops or unwinding on a personal retreat, while their youth, ages 4 – 17, join our Spring Break Adventure.
Immersed in the iconic red-rock cliffs and wide-open skies, kids will create life-long bonds to themselves, each other and the land in a week of outdoor exploration, creative crafts, and hands-on museum learning. Young adventurers will be grouped by age and participate in appropriate activities each morning and evening. There will be optional activities for all ages each afternoon, with free time set aside to connect with your family in stunning surroundings. Activities may include hiking scenic trails, exploring geology, paleontology and desert ecology, participating in team-building games and outdoor challenges and creating landscape inspired art and more! Every activity will offer a new, fun, confidence-building adventure.
If you’re searching for an experience of a lifetime, where ancient landscapes whisper their stories, where creativity, exploration and transformation unfold in the simplest yet most proud ways, look no further. You’ve found it. We are excited to meet you and your family!
PLEASE NOTE *** If you as a parent/guardian are diving into a week of creativity and reflection in your own workshop, please note the times for particular workshops prior to registering. Youth ages 4 – 12 must be signed in and out of all scheduled morning and afternoon sessions. Some workshops do have afternoon or all-day schedules, so please plan accordingly to ensure supervision of your youth outside of scheduled activities (see itinerary and welcome letter).
Instructors
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Laura HandLaura Hand is the Outdoor Adventures and Wellness Manager at Ghost Ranch. She carries over 30 years of personal training, outdoor safety and wellness practices and public education experience. Laura has a BS in Outdoor Education/Kinesiology, and an MA in Education.
Laura specializes in developing curriculum and activities that provide enjoyable, informational, and meaningful growth experiences for all participants. Sharing her experience, knowledge, and joy of safely moving through the outdoor environment is her passion.
Because safety is at the forefront of all life adventures, Laura is certified and practices first aid skills, including Basic First Aid, CPR, Wilderness First Aid, and Wilderness First Responder.
When not working, Laura enjoys spending outside time with her teenage children who have grown up way too fast!
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Isabel ChavezIsabel Chavez is a born and raised New Mexican. She spent her youth exploring Ghost Ranch, led Youth Programming during College Staff and is now an Experience Expert with the Programs and Events department. She was also recently appointed as the Ghost Ranch Safety Coordinator.
Isabel holds certificates in CPR, Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention. Her background is in Social Work and she holds a deep passion for helping others, especially through crisis and emergency situations.
In her free time, you can find her slowly reading science non-fiction, cuddling with her two dogs, seeking opportunities for creativity and basking in the outdoors.
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Mitch Graham
Mitch Graham is a born and raised New Mexican, from Albuquerque. He currently serves as the Museum Educator at the Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology and Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology at Ghost Ranch. Mitch has years of experience in all facets of education, from early childhood education to science and museum education.