About this event: Join Sierra Nevada Alliance for a fun guided mushroom hunt for all ages! Learn all about edible wild mushrooms and how to hunt for and sustainably harvest them with naturalist guide Luis Rubio-Aguilar from Gateway Mountain Center. This event will take place in South Lake Tahoe, with location TBD. Location directions will be emailed to all participants before the event.

Financial assistance: If cost is an issue, financial assistance is available. Please contact us at info@sierranevadaalliance.org and we can assist you.

About Luis: When Luis Rubio-Aguilar was 10 years old, he migrated from his birthplace in Jalisco, Mexico, to the Lake Tahoe area. Growing up there was an awesome experience for a kid: He got to ski, camp, ride bikes, play ball and enjoy the beach. At 12 years old he started skiing at Homewood Mountain Resort, where he fell in love with it. He has now worked in the ski industry for more than 10 years, and with his PSIA Level 2 Alpine certification he enjoys coaching and teaching kids one of his favorite sports. He is also a camp guide (bilingual), mentor and musician. He spends a lot of his free time in woods and meadows identifying plants, flowers and mushrooms and learning about their uses and their roles in nature. Time in the woods gives him peace of mind, an opportunity to reflect and a sense of how complex life is. The more he learns about that, the more in touch he feels with himself and with life’s challenges. Having faced his own share of challenges, both when growing up and as an adult, he hopes the experiences he can share with students and peers will offer both knowledge and understanding.