Welcome, Zoe Toribio

Please join us in welcoming Zoe Toribio to the Healthy Acadia team! 

Zoe joins our Emergency Housing Supports Team as support staff for our seasonal overnight warming center, located at Healthy Acadia’s INSPIRE Recovery Community Center in Ellsworth.

Support staff at the seasonal overnight warming center provide a warm and welcoming place for guests and connect them to additional community resources such as food pantries, recovery coaching, warm clothing, and other social supports. Our teams supports people by building trust, listening, and collaborating with partners.

Zoe is working toward a Bachelor's degree in Human Ecology with College of the Atlantic and currently resides on Mount Desert Island.

Zoe, what prompted you to join the Healthy Acadia team?

I have been involved with different non-profits organizations and projects through my internships with Green Ellsworth and Frenchman Bay Conservancy. I was inspired to work with Healthy Acadia through my own hardships and experiences and help others. I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of the community through different projects and events.

What most inspires you about Healthy Acadia's work? 

I think empowering others and being together is a shared mission.

What most inspires you on a personal level?

The communities that I am a part of inspire and influence me to keep going, from my diverse family backgrounds to those I have newly joined.

What is your favorite thing to do, or place to be, in Maine, and why?

I love the wilderness of Maine and being outside.

Connect with Zoe at zoe.toribio@healthyacadia.org.