Teatime with Miss Liz---Kirstyn Kay "Link to Humanity"

Joining Miss Liz for teatime is Kirsten Kay from Link To Humanity. She will be sharing on her 21 Day Challenge and the in and out on how it all got started. Grab your tea and join us: May 28th 4PM PST/ 7PM EST Kirstyn was born and raised in southern California, where she spent her childhood growing up on an acre of land that her grandfather had made into an urban forest of a variety of fruit trees. Her parents and grandparents were all teachers and helped instill in her an appreciation and love for being outside, valuing a good education, and giving back to the community.Kirstyn was truly fortunate to be able to study, volunteer, and even work abroad, while traveling to many amazing places around the world. She volunteered with the Earthwatch Institute in Barbados conducting research and educating locals on sea turtle conservation issues. Kirstyn also studied abroad for 6 weeks while backpacking through Belize during her college years, while obtaining her B.A. in Environmental Studies.Kirstyn then attended Pace Law School in New York, studying to become an environmental lawyer, but unfortunately became extremely ill with an autoimmune disease that forced her to drop out of law school and figure out a new path forward (she understands firsthand that not everything goes as planned and she has extensive experience with overcoming real life struggles on a daily basis). After taking some time to try to heal, Kirstyn then took an opportunity to live and work abroad for over 6 years in the Cayman Islands for Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment, based at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. Working as an educational leader within a major luxury hotel corporation presented her with a unique opportunity to inspire adults, families, and children to appreciate their environment around them and to share with them a new perspective of the role they play in creating a better world. Kirstyn also continued to volunteer with some incredible organizations as she assisted with the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and the Sea Turtle Conservation Program with the Department of the Environment in the Cayman Islands Kirstyn then returned to California to be closer to her family, where she worked as an Educational Assessment Coordinator for Loma Linda University, School of Medicine and most recently enjoyed working as a Resource Educator for the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District. Kirstyn developed and taught educational programs and attended community outreach events, where she shared resources and helped to educate the local public about sustainable practices.While Kirstyn has always put her whole heart into every job she has ever had, she still felt that she was not quite fulfilling her own personal life’s aspirations. When COVID hit, Kirstyn found that she could no longer hesitate in taking action and decided it was time to utilize her various experiences to fulfill her own purpose by creating Link to Humanity. This has been a project in the works for some time, but watching the world become further and further divided, she knew she could not wait any longer to share Link to Humanity with the world. Through Link to Humanity, Kirstyn hopes to empower people to reconnect to each other and to their environment, instilling wonder and inspiring them to take personal actions to create a positive impact in our world and a more sustainable future, by living with purpose. To better understand what Link to Humanity means to Kirstyn and how a special moment involving frogs as a little girl changed her life forever please watch her video Part 1: Intro to Link to Humanity. #linktohumanity #21dayschallenge #humanity #onecupatatime #makingadifference #misslizteatime #unitedstates --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misslizsteatimes/messageBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teatime-with-miss-liz--5511005/support.