Meet the Adults for the Costa Rica Trip 2024

 Trinity High School has teamed up with Mercy Academy and Lexington Catholic High School to travel this coming summer to Costa Rica. Students will be working with Dr. Pinto and his staff at Finca la Anita and the Seeds of Change Research Labs to study leafcutter ants. Students will get to experience science on a whole new level, working in teams to complete a research project. We are looking forward to a great time. 



Meet the adults... traveling with us this year is the Trinity coordinator, Mr. Patrick Heintz (this will be his 10th trip with Seeds of Change). 


Also from Trinity, Mr. Seth Blakeslee (science teacher and world traveler).


From Mercy Academy, Laura Swessel (science teacher).



Becky Heintz will be joining us as another adult chaperone, since we have a large group to keep tabs on (mechanical engineer at GE Appliances).


From Lexington Catholic High School, Mr. Jake McCullough (science teacher). 



Beth Hunt is our Seeds of Change representative and expert on EVERYTHING. She will be coordinating our trip on the ground, including travel, dining, and helping with student issues. She is the one with all the answers and an emergency contact if the need arises. 


John Doleman is the founder of the program and will work with us from the states to coordinate airline travel and anything needed. John has a wealth of knowledge and is the inspiration and driving force of the Seeds of Change mission. 







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