Born in the USA, Kersey has been a member of our team since 2008. She is involved with research, planning, Tracker Training and Assessments and other aspects of our courses, as well as bringing out international student groups on short, (2 week) study-abroad courses with her company Original Wisdom. She is a FGASA Professional trails guide, who has been visiting, instructing and volunteering since 2008 with Nature Guide Training.
She is a highly qualified tracker, studying this skill on many continents. She is the first, and currently only, female Senior Tracker in the world (since 2016), and is a Track and Sign Assessor here in Southern Africa (since 2014), and a Trailing Assessor in North America and Europe (since 2018). She earned a Ph.D. focusing on trackers with the University of Connecticut (Dec. 2020), where she was also an award-winning teacher (Apr 2012).
In 2020, Kersey co-authored with Lee, The Tracker Mentoring Manual – Introduction to Tracking, which guides students through a series of 30 Assignments and 10 Daily Routines to teach them the process of tracking, anywhere. There is an associated website with online and correspondence courses that students can participate in at TrackerMentoring.com.