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Gillian Rossi

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Gillian Rossi is an Arkansas State Park Interpreter working at Pinnacle Mountain State Park. She hosts Pinnacle Points on KUAR, a series of one-minute spots exploring the park.

Rossi graduated from Hendrix College in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and began working for Arkansas State Parks. She first worked at Woolly Hollow State Park in Greenbrier, Arkansas.

She says her favorite part of the job is being able to share her passion about the environment with visitors on a daily basis, and "helping them discover how amazing Arkansas truly is!" 

She is currently attending Western State Colorado University online, working towards her masters in Environmental Land Management.

You can get in touch with her by emailing:

gillian.rossi@arkansas.gov

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