Education through Ecological Restoration – Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture

Maria Moreno

Position title: Multicultural Outreach Specialist

Email: maria.moreno@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-9925

Maria Moreno

Dr. Maria Moreno is an outreach specialist, who teaches in diverse settings across the educational spectrum at UW-Madison.  Based in the Department Planning and Landscape Architecture, she has led multi-cultural outreach for EP since 2012.  She also serves as the Associate for Experiential Education for the Global Health Institute. Maria designs and facilitates curricular materials and led outreach programs. She provides professional development for schoolteachers, college students and community educators locally and internationally through workshops on environmental education.  She develops and facilitates internships and service-learning programs in local settings and globally.  She leads Earth Partnership Global Initiatives in Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the UW-Madison and teaches in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.