Megan Smith

Pronouns: Any
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Returning
Attended Camp: 2023, 2024, 2025

This is Megan’s third year at Ballibay, and they are so happy to be returning as the Head of Outdoor Education! In their spare time, Megan enjoys dancing, biking, gardening, and flipping over rocks and logs to see what’s underneath.

Professional Bio:
For more than a decade, Megan has been working in the fields of ecology and science communication in a variety of settings. Their experience includes: research and field work (such as diamondback terrapin re-nesting projects, terrapin hatchling prey and habitat availability surveying, and assessment of anthropogenic disturbance on that habitat); museum education (focusing on watersheds and stormwater infrastructure); teaching after-school science clubs, school assemblies, and summer camps; farmers markets; urban farming; and beekeeping. Megan is currently working on a manuscript assessing the impact of a novel tornado disturbance on seedfall of different dispersal strategies in an old growth forest. Megan’s interests are wide-ranging, but they especially enjoy working through a lens of disturbance ecology; working with invertebrates, herbaceous plants, or stream systems; and sharing their sense of wonder for the natural world with others.