Noela Altvater is in her first term of service on the Cobscook Board. With her joining in 2023, Noela has been able to further her interests and education in Early Childhood, Psychology, and her Passamaquoddy culture. Noela has an associate degree in Liberal Studies from Washington County Community College and is currently continuing her college studies at the University of Maine at Farmington for her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Noela’s focus is to work with children and their development. She has worked with kids for years, from serving as a youth worker at the Sipayik Boys & Girls Club, to babysitting, to focusing on early childhood education in college.Noela’s interest in becoming a Cobscook Board Member has a lot to do with the work she wants to do with children and her culture/community. Noela has worked with a program called WAYS ( Wabanaki Youth in Science) as an intern creating Story Maps and using data to speak and act on heavy issues within her community. She felt Cobscook could be another great opportunity for her to further learn and educate herself.