About Jill
Although I dreamed of following in Jane Goodall’s footsteps focusing on animal behavior as I camped and explored the woods in California, Ohio, and Virginia, I detoured into the information technology profession for a few decades and raised our 3 children.
I returned to my passion for the environment when I started master naturalist training in 2014. I have been an avid gardener and nature lover all my life, and when I learned how important native plants are for the environment, I worked to get my yard certified as a Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (NVBA) Wildlife Sanctuary. In 2016, I became an Wildlife Sanctuary Program (WSP) Ambassador to volunteer showing others how to be responsible environmental stewards. In 2019, I became the Program Assistant for the Wildlife Sanctuary Program.
2019 I started transporting native wildlife to permitted wildlife rehabilitators. I continue to learn from these dedicated volunteers and wildlife centers. I am still bothered that there is no financial support from local or state entities.
My hope is that Mosquito Jill will become profitable so that it can support these selfless rehabilitators and other environmental non-profits with donations.
I now juggle NVBA Wildlife Sanctuary Program Assistant work with gardening at home, watching the critters in our yard, volunteering as a wildlife transporter, enjoying time with my family and new puppy, and ushering at a National Park for the Performing Arts.
“What you do makes a difference,
and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
- Jane Goodall
