Our Forest Mentors

NOOR F. K. IQBAL is a co-founder of Atlanta Forest School. She grew up experiencing monsoons in Pakistan and snow in the Himalayas, raising chickens and goats in rural Alberta, and paddling the rivers of western Canada. Noor is an artisan handweaver (Olds College, AB), and holds degrees in History and German Literature (University of Alberta) and Outdoor and Experiential Education – Primary/Junior (Queen’s University). She has experience as a homeschooler, elementary teacher, doula, and afterschool educator for refugee students. Her passions include holistic education, living close to the land, and helping children be in touch with themselves as part of the living world. Noor is trained as a Forest School Practitioner (Child & Nature Alliance of Canada) and trained in Wilderness First Aid. Along with her husband and two young children, she currently tends a garden and home in Atlanta, GA.