MEET OUR NEW PROGRAM COORDINATORS
Ashley Bruscoe Ashley has lived on a lot of mountains, and in several other countries, but the mossy old growth forests of Oregon have held a special place in her heart since she first worked with NYC in 2007 as a Crew Leader. Shortly after her first summer at NYC, she finished her degree in Political Science and then went off to live in both Southeast Asia and South America for a long stint, where she worked with various non-government organizations in an effort to improve the quality of life of many people native to those lands and ate lots of crazy foods. Eventually, despite all the other wonderful opportunities out there in the great big world, she began to miss the challenges that come with working at NYC and decided to come back as Program Coordinator. So far, she’s found few other things as rewarding as changing the lives of the youth that come through our program. Other things she likes include peanut butter cookies (if interested in sending some, please don’t hesitate to ask for the office address), doing anything outdoors, sporadic painting and poetry writing, and pretending she can dance.
Ryan O'Sullivan Ryan started his NYC career in 2004 as a youth in the WA SCC. He was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, and when big city life had become unbearable, he’s been residing throughout the western United States for the past 6 years. After a few sessions with NYC’s BLP, and LDP program, Ryan has worked with SAGA in southeast Alaska, as well as the Colorado Fourteener’s Initiative rerouting a section of the Continental Divide Trail on beautiful Mount Massive before returning to NYC in 2008 as a crew leader. He will now be Program Coordinating for one of NYC’s South programs. During his time away from work, Ryan loves to ride his bike, read as many books as he can, and cooking giant, delicious meals with friends.
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