MEET OUR TEAM
MAYME BOUY
Co-Founder, Director, & Educator
Mayme was born and raised in Savannah, and she still gets to call the dynamic Georgia coast her backyard. It’s where she thrives and has found a passion for education in the outdoors. She graduated with a B.S. in Outdoor Education and a minor in Environmental Science from Georgia College in 2017 and has since worked in environmental education and experiential education as a lead instructor with Lockerly Arboretum, North Carolina Outward Bound School, Forest Floor and Savannah Canoe and Kayak. She’s worked with a diverse range of ages, from 4 to 17, as well as with adults for 10 years. Since 2016 she has been a certified instructor through the American Canoe Association, where she is now a Level 4 Coastal Kayak Instructor. Mayme is also happy to keep her Wilderness First Responder certification up to date while she works in the backcountry. She loves educating through the senses in nature and creating space for folks to step out of their comfort zones and find “aha” moments, self-discovery, and growth. She is stoked to bring this unique learning style to Savannah with the city’s first Nature School, and she’s honored to be a part of the Tideland's team. When she isn’t working, she’s surfing, hosting dinner parties, walking her dogs, roller-skate dancing, and planning her next paddling adventure.
JULIA EVANS
Co-Founder
Julia, originally from Atlanta, settled in Savannah in 2019. After living and working for almost a decade in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Baja, Panama and Costa Rica, she knew the southeast coast, with its marshlands and barrier islands, would be her landing spot. Julia is a Master Naturalist with over 10 years of outdoor education experience. She obtained her BS at Georgia State University and completed her Master Naturalist training with the University of Georgia. Introducing humans of all ages to our natural environment, exploring with them and fostering a long lasting connection to nature is one of her greatest passions.
NICOLE SHEAHAN
Assistant Director, Instructor
Nicole is a Savannah native who first fostered her love of nature among the surrounding area’s many woods and rivers. She graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Science, specializing in early child development, along with a minor in Psychology. After graduation, Nicole paired her love of children and nature by working in western North Carolina as a Field Instructor for the Academy at SOAR, an outdoor experiential boarding school for children with learning differences. She also helped run their summer satellite program in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park for 5 years. Nicole has a passion for travel and learning new things! This has led her to Thailand and Vietnam where she taught English to children from kindergarten through 5th grade. She then received her Yoga Teacher Certification from Rishikesh Yogashala in India. Upon returning to the US, Nicole became a Registered Behavior Therapist for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. After that, Nicole took her expertise to Savannah Canoe and Kayak working as an eco-tour guide. Now she is a kindergarten teacher at Tidewater Waldorf Homeschool Co-op, a part time nanny, and proudly serving as Assistant Director for Tidelands Nature School! She has experience with all ages, from infants to adults, and loves sharing her passion for nature and learning with people of all ages and abilities. When Nicole is not working or exploring, she is happily at home with her fiance, their babygirl, and their dog, Sandy!
Cyrus is a coastal Georgia native who's foundation for education and naturalism are rooted in his desire to connect to our more-than-human communities. Through a practice of ancestral skills and a passion for understanding ecology, he strives to bring a sense of connection to peers and students through an approach of hands-on interaction with natural resources, plants, fungi, and animals. This beyond "leave no trace" approach is designed to bring students into a deep relationship with the natural world and in time to instill a sense of place in nature of kinship, confidence, and creativity.
In his downtime, Cy works as a carpenter, cook, sculptor, and finds continued learning through working with natural fibers, wild clay, and locally sourced wood & ingredients. He is a certified wilderness first responder, and certified lab tech with the Soil Food Web School.
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