Jane Champion was born in Massachusetts and settled in Wyoming after college. She spent ten years working in outdoor education, especially wilderness horse packing. Jane came to Belize in 2010 as a field assistant on a Spider Monkey research project. That led to more primate field work and a degree in Primatology from the University of Calgary. During that time, Belize became her new home. For several years, Jane has been teaching Belize Wildlife Ecology courses to college students studying abroad. Working in the fields of wildlife conservation (regardless of study species) and experiential education has always been a passion of hers. She officially started as CRC’s Research Coordinator in 2020.