Briar Bush Nature Center

Over the summer of 2025, AJ DiFranco interned at Briar Bush Nature Center in Abington, Pennsylvania. Having worked as an environmental education volunteer at nature centers in the past, he set a goal to learn a few new practical, hands-on conservation skills that would directly benefit him as he entered the field of wildlife conservation. The financial award from SLU allowed him to comfortably accept a valuable unpaid position at Briar Bush and still focus entirely on his college education.