ALT Lauren and child near water with hats, sunglasses. Former NC science teacher Lauren Daniel loves educating others about the importance of clean water for people, ecosystems and wildlife. In her current role as water education program manager for NC Division of Water Resources, Daniel provides public education and water resources outreach, educator professional development, and water conservation activities. While Daniel works in partnership with many agencies and organizations, she’s the only educator on staff in her division. As such, her work reaches hundreds of teachers and nonformal educators and thousands of NC students. In April, she coordinated an Earth Day celebration stream cleanup with Wake County Big Sweep for NC Department of Environmental Quality employees at John Chavis Memorial Park in Raleigh. During the event, Gov. Roy Cooper, state leaders and volunteers removed 3,018 pounds of trash in and near the stream running through the 28.87-acre site and downtown Raleigh.

ALT Lauren in a sound during an oyster restoration.

ALT NCWF Governor's Conservation Achievement Awards Former NC science teacher Lauren Daniel loves educating others about the importance of clean water for people, ecosystems and wildlife. In her current role as water education program manager for NC Division of Water Resources, Daniel provides public education and water resources outreach, educator professional development, and water conservation activities. While Daniel works in partnership with many agencies and organizations, she’s the only educator on staff in her division. As such, her work reaches hundreds of teachers and nonformal educators and thousands of NC students. In April, she coordinated an Earth Day celebration stream cleanup with Wake County Big Sweep for NC Department of Environmental Quality employees at John Chavis Memorial Park in Raleigh. During the event, Gov. Roy Cooper, state leaders and volunteers removed 3,018 pounds of trash in and near the stream running through the 28.87-acre site and downtown Raleigh.