The boardwalk between Shaver's Creek and Stone Valley Recreation Area is closed for repairs until further notice. When hiking the Lake Trail, please follow detour signs to avoid this section.

Giarrusso, Maria (River)

Before getting involved with Shaver’s Creek, I didn’t know environmental education was a field, and now it’s what I want to spend my life doing.

Years at Shaver’s Creek: 2022–2026

Positions Held: Intern, Outdoor School, Summer Camp, Volunteer

Current Company/Organization: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

I was first connected with Shaver’s Creek through Outdoor School as a Penn State student. After graduating, I worked as a naturalist at Shaver’s Creek summer camp and am now part of the fall 2025/spring 2026 intern cohort. Throughout the internship, I have learned so much about how to teach outdoors and be more observant of the world. I feel tremendously lucky to work with and learn from such incredible, knowledgeable people. After the internship, I will be a bike touring guide at a summer camp in New Hampshire, and after that, who knows what!?

When I’m not doing intern things, you can find me biking, birding, attempting to cook a overly complicated New York Times recipe, or picking up a new hobby and promptly forgetting about it.