Del Bello

Background

About Del Bello

Hailing from New Mexico as a former grade school teacher, Isa received a master’s degree at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2012. Shortly thereafter she began teaching with Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy as an environmental educator, providing robust urban ecology programs, introducing city kids to wild spaces found within and around Brooklyn Bridge Park. As Education Director in 2015, she curated and opened the world class Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center located in DUMBO, NYC. At present, she continues her mission to strategically build and develop education teams and spaces, focusing on youth empowerment and the important work of Ogden Nature Center. Areas of specialty include youth empowerment, differentiated instruction, curriculum development, educational psychology, environmental education, environmental stewardship, environmental conservation and organizational leadership. She holds a M.A. in developmental and cognitive psychology with a concentration in risk, resilience and prevention, specifically examining socio-epidemiology and human development across the lifespan. In addition she holds a B.A. in elementary education with dual concentrations in science and literacy.