Paula's family moved to Florida from Long Island, New York in 1956. "Before the age of air-conditioning, and, when it wasn't uncommon for a moccasin or rattlesnake to cross your path - a much different Florida than most people know today,"she says. While she is not a native Floridian by birth she thinks of herself as one by choice and believes there is no better place to live, then, or now.
Now retired, her most recent employment was with Broward County Parks and Recreation at the Anne Kolb Nature Center. Here she conducted environmental education programs for children and adults to teach the value of mangrove estuaries.
"I am passionate about protecting the environment. No matter where you live or travel in Florida there is a Florida State Park nearby. Lands set aside and managed for preservation and for the benefit and enjoyment of Florida's citizens and its many visitors. We must work to make sure this is always so."
