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About SCLC
Mission and Programs

History and Mission of SCLC

The SCLC focuses its efforts in four areas — environmental education, community development, conservation, and tourism — in order to help form future environmental leaders, raise the organizational capacity of local communities, promote sustainable land use, and connect tourists to the local community. Our programs serve hundreds of local people and thousands of ecotourists each year. These programs include environmental education, ecotourism activities, English classes, ecology club, community outreach, women’s group, high school scholarship fund, community census, and GIS mapping.


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Board of Directors 2009-2011

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Polly Hunt

Address: Denver, CO, USA

Occupation: Special Needs Social Program Coordinator

Connection with the SCLC: Volunteer in 2000, Executive Director of the SCLC 2001-2003, 2 term board member.

 

Vicepresident

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Address: Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Occupation: Head Naturalist Guide at The Biological Station La Selva, leader of the local guide group ANASA

Connection with the SCLC: He was a Naturalist guide at Selva Verde Lodge when the SCLC was being created and he always has supported it in various ways.

 


 

 

Treasurer

Cristian Alvarado Rojas

Address: San José, Costa Rica

Occupation:

Connection with the SCLC:

 

 

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Raquel Gomez

Address: San Jose, Costa Rica

Occupation:

Connection with the SCLC:

 

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Andrea Holbrook

Address: Gainesville, FL, USA

Occupation: CEO of a travel agency

Connection with the SCLC: One of the original founders of the SCLC and continues to support the SCLC in various ways and roles.

 

 

 

 

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Christa Dillabaugh

Address: Buffalo, NY, USA

Occupation: Environmental Education and Interpretation Consultant

Connection with the SCLC: She was initially involved as a coordinator of Holbrook's field based education programs and now as an independent consultant and second term board member. Her commitment to the SCLC stems from a deep belief in its mission - conservation through education. She is grateful for the opportunity to support this growing and vibrant organization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Amos Bien 

Address: San José, Costa Rica

Occupation: Owner of Rara Avis in Sarapiqui, an ecotourism lodge

Connection with the SCLC: He met Bertha Carter, one of the original founders of the SCLC.

 

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SCLC Staff

Gerardo Vega, Executive Director 

Gerardo Vega Chavarria was born on the Atlantic side of Costa Rica and worked at the La Selva Biological Station in Sarapiquí for twenty years. During this time, he gained a lot of experience while working with many different researchers, focusing on topics like botany, ecology, ornithology, and biology.  Gerardo has also worked as manager and resident guide in several hotels and lodges in the Sarapiquí area. For several years he worked as a free lance tour guide for different tour companies around Costa Rica with birdwatchers, students, photographers, elder hostel, and general groups of visitors.  He has dedicated a good part of his life to working with the communities of Sarapiquí. He is an active member of the Integrated Development Association and the County Union of Development Associations from Sarapiquí. 
Currently he is conducting his own research that focuses on a plant species from the Aroid family, Dracontium gigas, at the La Tirimbina Biological Reserve at La Virgen de Sarapiquí, a town close to the Sarapiquí Conservation Learning Center. He has been working with this plant for about five years, and his interest is based on knowing the dynamic of the Dracontium gigas in the Rain Forest.

 

 

Kattia Craddock, Ecotourism and Community Development Coordinator 

Kattia Craddock is a native of Sarapiqui but has lived in several different tourist areas of Costa Rica. She has worked in the tourism industry for eleven years now and is bilingual. Kattia organizes all of the cultural and ecotourism activities that the center offers. She currently lives in Horquetas with her son and new husband.

  

 

Jennifer Vargas, Manager of Reception

Jennifer Maria Vargas Obando was born in Pococi Guapiles in Limon. She has lived in Horquetas, Sarapiqui since 1987 and studies at the Buenos Aires School in Horquetas. She attended the National University of Costa Rica on the campus in Nicoya and studied Sustainable Tourism. Currently she lives with her mother and siblings in Horquetas and is studying English at the Learning Center.  
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