Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht (she/her)

About Tiffany's Community Action Project

Spacebirds is a community-powered project that invites families and young people to explore their connection to both the natural world and the night sky through observation and storytelling. Through a free backpack-borrowing program hosted at local libraries, participants receive binoculars, field guides, star maps, and hands-on activities that connect birdwatching and stargazing. The project highlights the journeys of migratory birds and the celestial patterns that guide them while encouraging participants to reflect on their own place in nature and their role as caretakers of the environment. Each kit includes activities on topics such as light and plastic pollution, seasonal change, and climate impacts on local wildlife. Participants are invited to observe their surroundings, take notes and draw what they experience, and share their findings through citizen science projects that contribute to active environmental research. By linking curiosity with care for the planet, Spacebirds helps families and young people discover their relationship to the living systems around them and inspires thoughtful action toward a healthier world.

About Tiffany

Tiffany is a STEM educator, researcher, and community builder with a background in astronomy, physics, and planetariums. She believes science reaches its fullest potential when it incorporates many ways of knowing and fulfills its responsibility to the communities that sustain it. Her work is shaped by the understanding that Western science has long dominated how knowledge is defined, and that expanding who contributes and what perspectives are valued enriches both science and society. In her role as Deputy Director of Education and Public Engagement at Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), Tiffany leads programs that connect Earth, space, and physical sciences with learners and educators around the world. She also collaborates with community partners to bridge scientific understanding with civic participation and environmental care. Driven by a belief that science is for everyone, Tiffany strives to remove barriers that limit access to meaningful, transformative experiences with STEM and to help people connect with the joy and adventure of following their curiosity.

More About Me

What are three environmental values you try to emulate? 
The environmental values I try to emulate are observation, connection, and responsibility. I aim to model curiosity in noticing the world, deepen the felt connection with nature, and act responsibly toward the systems that sustain us.

If you could tell your past self one thing, what would it be?
Trust that you already hold what you need to grow beyond your own expectations. Do it scared, do it ugly, and love shamelessly.

What (or who) keeps you hopeful for the future?
The passion in young people and selfless acts of kindness.