Chris Pavlovich holds a Master of Science in Science Education awarded by Montana
State University and is currently pursuing a Philosophy of Education in Curriculum and
Instruction at the institution. She currently works closely with K-12 science curriculum through her position at the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program and served as a 5th grade teacher for 14 years in Livingston, Montana. Chris founded Watershed Warriors, a place-based, interdisciplinary watershed education program based on a mission of stewardship, application, and access. Her goal in education is to engage teachers and students in place-based, project-based practices of science and engineering. She was named 2022 Montana Environmental Education Association Formal Educator of the Year; awarded the 2022 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators; awarded the Teresa Veltkamp Advocacy Award for Excellence in Indian Education in 2021; awarded Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching in 2020; recognized by the Montana Science Teachers Association in 2018 for Distinguished Service to Science Education; named Montana Watershed Teacher of the Year by the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program in 2017; and awarded Montana Educator of the Yearby the American Fisheries Society in 2013.