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Mark earned his B.S. with honors in Recreation Resource Management (Natural Science Emphasis) from Northern Arizona University. He earned an M.Div. in Christian Education from the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno and a doctoral degree in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. His doctoral dissertation focused on Patterns of Seasonal Variation in Diet, Abundance and Movement of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao Cyanoptera) in southern Belize. Mark lived four years in Belize overseeing an environmental ministry and almost five years in the Dominican Republic working with underachieving American teeneagers. Mark has extensive environmental Science major and chairs the university's Creation Stewardship Committee. Mark and his wife, Karen, a biology professor at another university, are active gardeners and birders, and attend Redeemer Church in La Mirada.