Bukola Ajayi

A residential outdoor school teacher in Franklin, Tennessee, Bukola Ajayi teaches week-long field science programs for visiting student groups. Certified as a Wilderness First Responder, she spent years as a ski patroller and ran backcountry ecology excursions and basic survival training for teenagers. Ajayi leads middle school classes through forest ecology modules and trail hikes across middle Tennessee, using the natural terrain to teach principles of environmental science.