Lou joined the HMI faculty in 2024 and is originally from San Diego, California. She studied Engineering and Child Development at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and went on to earn a Master’s in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. Lou has spent the past few years working as a NOLS Instructor leading sailing, sea kayaking, and backpacking courses in Mexico, Alaska, and Wyoming. In her free time, Lou loves to ski, surf, sail, read, make ceramics, play the guitar, learn about stars, and create elaborate cards to send in the mail.