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title: "Seneca graduate gets into nature to ‘amplify’ great outdoors"
type: "article"
space: "MyNews"
author: "Tiffany Hsieh"
created: 2021-12-14T20:18:24Z
updated: 2022-08-08T18:18:49Z
tags: ["feature-stories", "sustainable-seneca"]
url: "https://students.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/112/mynews/articles/feature-stories/4165/seneca-graduate-gets-into-nature-to-amplify-great-outdoors"
---

# Seneca graduate gets into nature to ‘amplify’ great outdoors

There was a time when Kristen Berkeley didn’t know if she belonged in the outdoors.

“When it came to canoeing, camping, hiking or just getting into nature, that wasn’t part of my life,” said the Seneca [Journalism](https://www.senecacollege.ca/programs/fulltime/JRN.html) graduate. “As a Black woman, I didn’t see a lot of people that looked like me engaging in outdoor activities.”

That’s about to change.

[Read the full story](https://www.senecacollege.ca/news-and-events/seneca-news/seneca-graduate-gets-into-nature-to-amplify-great-outdoors.html?utm_source=mynews&utm_medium=ei&utm_campaign=kristen_berkeley)