Jade Ryerson
Master's Student
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Jade Ryerson (she/her) is a master’s student in the Heritage Studies and Public History program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She has written extensively about the places where BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and working-class women made history for the National Park Service Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education. You can find more of her work on the blogs of the National Council on Public History, the American Conservation Experience, and DePaul University Special Collections and Archives.
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America’s Field Trip Awardees!
Thousands of students from across the country submitted inspiring entries, responding to the prompt “What does America mean to you?” for the first-ever America’s Field Trip contest. A panel of current and former educators selected 150 students as awardees, hailing from 44 states and territories.