Lori Gross founded Creative Education in 2001. Lori graduated with honors from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a self-designed degree in Environmental Science and Policy. While studying in Baja, Mexico with The School for Field Studies, Lori decided to dedicate her life to experiential education and sharing her love for the natural world with others. Her thesis on the impact of eco-tourism on marine mammal behavior taught her that there are many perspectives to every environmental issue.

For the past ten years Lori has worked in the field of experiential education in both marine and environmental science for organizations including, Island Institute, Lee Middle School, Visions International, The Newfound Harbor Marine Institute, Whale Camp, and the Curacao Sea Aquarium. In addition to directing Creative Education, Lori consults for magnet schools around the country in the design, implementation and evaluation of their thematic programs. She also works as a naturalist with Clipper Cruise Line.

Her passion for travel and science education has enabled her to visit and teach in some of the most beautiful places around the world including the Florida Keys, Australia, New Zealand, the Virgin Islands, the Bay of Fundy, Curacao, Roatan, Belize, Costa Rica, and the San Juan Islands.  

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Dianna Sisas' passion for travel and the outdoors was ignited during her junior year in college, when she immersed herself in the culture of southern France.  There she traveled by bicycle exploring the mountainous coasts of Italy and Yugoslavia as well as the countryside and coastline of northern France.  It was during these journeys that she began to appreciate the cultural similarities of the human experience, noticing how land and environment work together to shape people. 

Upon graduating with a BS in Journalism from the University of Maryland, Dianna’s love of travel send her west where she guided horseback rides in the Sierra Mountains of California and taught basic equestrian skills at a summer camp in the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest.  She has taught environmental science and outdoor education in Washington and Maine.  For the past eight years she has directed an adventure travel program for teenagers based in Maine, Colorado, Wyoming and Washington.  She received her Maine Kayak Guide’s license in 2001.  Her passion for guiding people in the outdoors ranges from youth groups to Elder Hostel participants.  She is inspired by the power of nature as a teacher and enjoys helping others learn to appreciate the challenges, accomplishments and personal growth that comes from being active in the outdoors.

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