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Board of Directors | Advisory Board | Staff | Science Advisory Tessa Hill <<Back to Board of Directors Tessa Hill is President of Kids for Saving Earth Worldwide (KSE) which was founded by her 11-year old son, Clinton Hill, before he died from a malignant brain tumor in 1989. Tessa and her husband, William, carried on their son's dream of a healthy planet by formally organizing KSE as a nonprofit organization. Shortly after Clint died, Tessa's husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer. William died in 1994. Believing that the environment had much to do with the death of her son and husband, Tessa renewed her efforts to educate and empower children through KSE. She also joined the boards of Beyond Pesticides and The Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC), both involved with protecting the Earth and its children from toxic environments. |
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Tessa currently lives in a suburb of Minneapolis, MN with her 18-year-old daughter Karina. As one of the founding board members of the Minnesota Children's Health Environmental Coalition she is active locally with legislative initiatives to protect children from pesticide exposures. She has also worked with the Minnesota Department of Health to help encourage their interest in children's environmental health issues. Tessa was also on the Federal Advisory Board for the EPA's Children's Health Office and works with the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) on |
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several projects including education programs to protect children living near toxic waste sites. Tessa is editor of the CHEC Report. As President of Kids for Saving Earth, Tessa creates the KSE "education into action" programs and designs and writes the colorful environmental education materials. These materials are provided to KSE's membership of over 6,500 schools, churches, other groups, and activists. Her degree in Education and her background as an elementary school teacher provides her with the expertise to create high quality and very useful environmental education materials. Tessa is also the chief spokesperson and fundraiser for KSE. From speaking at the United Nations after receiving an award from a member of the Nobel family in memory of her son, to riding on the KSE float in the Presidential Inaugural Parade, to testifying at legislative hearings about the effects of pesticides on children's health, Tessa is unwavering in her efforts to protect the health of this planet and its children.
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