Cassandra Ali

Director of Outdoor Engagement

Cassandra is passionate about creating meaningful moments and facilitating safe and informed activities that allow the clients to interact with their physical environment and set them up to foster a sense of confidence in working through new experiences. Cassandra has a bachelor’s degree of art in geography and literary studies from the University of Denver. Cassandra has also worked over 500 field days with at-risk youth in the wilderness of Utah and has another 300 guiding days of staff training and commercial recreation – she is also a certified archery instructor. Cassandra works at ROOTs because she believes experiences in nature allow us to heal from hurt and build resilience.