Susan Carter
Local Conservation Corps
AmeriCorps Program Manager

First Job: Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) corpsmember

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado

Years at FCEOC: 1.75

Best advice ever received: If wishes were horses we’d all be riding!

Favorite advice I give: Learn to practice patience and tolerance.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Anything crunchy

Proudest moment: Birth of my daughter.

Greatest personal accomplishment: On the road to becoming the person my Mom would want me to be.

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Utah’s canyonlands

Favorite weekend activity: Hiking and wildlife watching anywhere

Last good movie I saw: The Whale Rider

Scariest experience: Lightning storm while backpacking at 12,000 feet.

If I had a million dollars I would… travel then continue working to help people in some way…then travel some more, etc.

Favorite place to shop: Don’t care much for shopping-anyplace that is quick!

Favorite childhood memory: Riding horses on my Uncle’s ranch in Sturgis, South Dakota

Words that describe me best: Independent, Common Sense, Sense of Humor, and Stubborn

I like to watch: Birds and Independent films

In my spare time… my husband and I explore California.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… everyday you have a chance to decide how you will act that day…decide to act happy.