Celeste Royer has 40 years of experience as an environmental and outdoor education administrator. As a Californian who grew up loving the outdoors, she is dedicated to making natural environments and outdoor spaces accessible to all community members.
Celeste works as a part-time consultant for Ten Strands, a statewide nonprofit focused on advancing environmental literacy for all CA students. She was director of environmental and outdoor education at SLOCOE for over 30 years and directed Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School’s residential, field, and classroom programs. As director of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network for the CA Department of Education, she built regional and statewide partnerships to support environmental education initiatives. She taught Environmental and Wilderness Education at Cal Poly SLO as part-time faculty.
A strong advocate of environmental literacy and equitable access to the outdoors, Celeste serves on boards and committees of organizations that advance these goals. She chairs the Land Conservancy’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee which is committed to equity and inclusion. She also serves on the board of One Cool Earth and coordinates the SLO County chapter of Latino Outdoors Central Coast. Celeste holds degrees from UCLA, SFSU, and Cal Poly SLO. She resides in Los Osos with her husband Jim where they get outdoors often. She enjoys family time, reading, and traveling.