Mrs. Garcia began working with Project Learning Tree activities in 1990 while serving as a volunteer leader at 4-H summer camp. Lisa then attended a PLT workshop, and immediately began using the materials with her special education students and 4-H members.

She continued one step further by being trained as a PLT Facilitator in 1994.

Lisa Garcia has used PLT in a variety of ways and settings in the past nine years. She used the PLT program in writing her Individualized Educational Programs, using the activities to teach identified skills to these exceptional students.

Mrs. Garcia has used PLT in a variety of 4-H activities. She conducts PLT activities at 4- H Club meetings at least twice a year.

Lisa Garcia has conducted PLT in-service workshops for Claiborne, Webster and Bossier Parish teachers. She feels that her teaching experience and successful use of PLT helps her to encourage teachers to use the activities and not simply put the book on a shelf.

She uses PLT in her classroom visits to provide school enrichment activities in science and social studies. .

A very successful Project Learning Tree workshop conducted by Mrs. Garcia was one at the Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Leader Forum, held at U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. This workshop was attended by adult leaders from thirteen states in the Southern Region, as well as those from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and was an opportunity for Project Learning Tree to be introduced to educators from all over the southern United States, and was met with great enthusiasm from the participants.

Environmental Education has always been a top priority for Mrs. Garcia, as a teacher, 4-H leader, and now as a 4-H agent. Project Learning Tree has been a valuable resource for her in providing environmental educational activities and background information. Using Project Learning Tree assists Lisa Garcia in carrying out the mission of the LSU Agricultural Center, "to enhance the quality of life for people through research and educational programs that develop the best use of natural resources, conserve and protect the environment, enhance development of existing and new agricultural and related enterprises, develop human and community resources, and fulfill the acts of authorization and mandates of state and federal legislative bodies."