Rebecca Maestas
Admissions Coordinator

Rebecca spent the last several years working in the outdoor industry in many different capacities. The last year was spent as a field guide for Open Sky Wilderness. In the past, she has also worked as a ropes/challenge course facilitator, creating strategic combinations of challenges for adolescents and adults to foster self esteem and skill building.

Her other interests include exploring her spiritual side. She is involved in ministry through worship and arts. This love of the arts started early on when Rebecca began playing the classical guitar at age 13 which later transformed into playing in a jazz band in high school. Originally, she started her college career as a music major and found a love for drama as well.

Due to some life struggles, Rebecca had to interrupt her college plans. However, when she went back, she realized she had changed so much as a person and that her interests lie in the helping industry. Rebecca was then able to combine her degree with two things she truly loved, the outdoors and helping people, which translated into an Associate of Arts in Outdoor Leadership and Recreation. She also received a BA in Psychology from Fort Lewis College and is currently working toward her Masters of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University.

Rebecca considers herself as a very family oriented person and her kids (Nicole, 24; Madison, 13; and Michael, 9) and her husband Isaac mean the world to her. She is also the proud grandmother of two (I know, we can’t believe it either!) and step mom to Andrew, 16 and Raquel, 15. When asked what she does with her family, Rebecca responds, “We pray, laugh, fight, and cry together and at the end of the day we still love each other.”

Rebecca believes people struggle because they don’t possess the skills to succeed. But if you could learn the skills and have the desire (“the want to”), there is a chance to be amazing. Her passion to go back and receive her Masters in Social Work is fueled by her love for the family - marriage relationships, young couples, and adolescents. Funny thing is that she never wanted to work with alcohol or chemical dependency because she lived it, hated it, and it was agonizingly familiar to her, but here she is impassioned by the work we do at Open Sky with struggling teens and their families.

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