Ann Hobbie

Ann Hobbie is the chair of the board of directors at the Monarch Joint Venture, a national partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and academic programs working together to conserve the monarch butterfly migration. Her experience with monarchs began in the late 1990's when she worked with Dr. Karen Oberhauser at the University of Minnesota Monarch Lab to create ways to engage children with these fascinating insects. Ann has spent more than twenty years teaching children, training teachers, and writing curricula related to monarch butterflies, schoolyard ecology, and schoolyard gardening. Hobbie holds an MA in curriculum and instruction. As a writer and teacher, she is most interested in helping children observe and engage with the natural world. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.