Jay Levin

Background

About Jay Levin

I grew up the son of a teacher of middle school science. Each summer we would load up the red Datsun, complete with panting dog, and head up to Oregon where my dad had a 42 acre farm. His goal was to plant a thousand trees, which he did, and create a park. We traveled to nearly every national park in the West, and as we did, my dad composed pictures of every natural oddity we found, and waited patiently for elk and bison to pose. We even found ourselves between a mother moose and her child, and nearly had to go up a tree. My dad began to bang a branch on the ground, and luckily the moose let out a bellow before trotting off. As a young man I spent three summers in Alaska, traveled to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, and Central and South America. Traveling has been essential to my world view as I have seen first hand the effect of cutting down rain forests in Costa Rica, the effect of climate change upon the majestic glaciers of Alaska, and even the inauguration of the first indigenous President of Peru. Two years ago I began my journey as a businessman with the creation of Follow the Child. As our mission becomes better defined, I feel a sense of pride and renewed inspiration. I grew up eating blackberries warm and sweet from the vine, and have since returned to that joyful feeling of munching on wild fruit.and best yet.sharing that joy.and the bounty of nature.