Author Archive for Faylla Chapman

About Faylla Chapman

Faylla has been a volunteer with State Parks since 2008. She is currently leading Adventures with Nature walks, roving in the various parks to talk to visitors, looking for damage and repairs needed, and working in the Holloway Garden at Montaña de Oro. Faylla is a marine biologist with a specialty in marine algae, both in field identification and laboratory research on algal products such as carrageenan and agar. She worked at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and at the same time consulted to PG&E on the Thermal Effects program at Diablo Nuclear Power Plant. Then she became a science and agriculture teacher at Morro Bay High School for 20 years before retiring and becoming a State Parks volunteer.