Susie Vanderlip

Monarch Butterfly Expert, Speaker, Author, Photographer, 
and Yoga for the Gardener
Susie Vanderlip, CSP, CPAE 
Monarch Conservation Specialist in southern California for Monarch Watch
"Champion" for Western Monarch Advocates
Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist
Yoga and Meditation Certified Instructor

Susie Vanderlip is an expert in monarch butterfly life cycle, migration, gardening for monarchs, and issues regarding milkweed, impact of global warming, pesticides, predators and more. She is the Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist for monarchs in southern California, a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist, and "Champion" for Western Monarch Advocates. She has a Facebook page posting on a wide range of information on monarch butterflies http://www.facebook.com/MonarchButterflySpeaker and  Facebook Group "Monarch Butterfly Guardians - southern California" you can join! Also visit her blog at http://www.tinyurl.com/AllAboutMonarchs - helping others learn to plant for and save monarch butterflies!

Susie also knows that we gardeners are passionate and lose track of time and body aches and pains in the garden! She has practiced and instructed a gentle Hatha Yoga for over 40 years and shares with others how to apply easy, helpful yoga 
to reduce aches, pains, and injuries and extend our gardening joy for years and years to come!

Susie has raised 100's of monarch butterflies in Orange, California, studying, photographing, videotaping, tagging, speaking and writing about them for over 11 years. In return, Monarch Butterflies have revealed many of their fascinating life secrets to Susie, which she has captured in engaging and educational video and photos which she shares in her talk Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Monarch Butterflies.  Audiences exclaim that this is one of the best presentations they have ever seen as Susie infuses her talks with enthusiasm, passion and remarkable videos and photos. She shares delightful and fascinating anecdotes in both her virtual and live presentations.

In addition, Susie is author of the engaging children's photo storybook and 10-minute live-action movie (The Story of Chester, the Monarch Caterpillar/Larva) on monarch butterfly life cycle. (http://www.storyofchester.com ). The book and movie are also available as eBook on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBookstore. Both are entirely science-based while beautiful, entertaining, and inspiring  for children to learn about these invaluable pollinators and fall in love with Nature. The book has been reviewed and is recommended by the National Science Teachers Association (NASC) for classroom use.

Susie has taken her Nature photography to another level, creating an entire photo greeting card line through which she shares colorful and captivating garden and Monarch butterfly visions. (http://www.svgreetingcards.com )
And she has a line of adorable onesies, T-shirts for toddlers thru adults, and pillows with her very unique designs of butterflies on teddy bears and more on Zazzle (https://www.zazzle.com/store/fun_stuff_by_susiev/products )

Susie has spoken for:
  * Dozens of Garden Clubs
  * Botanic Gardens
  * Public Events including native plant programs, pollinator events, and more
  * Garden Expos and Gardening Conferences
  * Aquarium of the Pacific
  * Discovery Cube (Children's Science Center)
  * Numerous nurseries including Armstrong Garden Centers, Blue Hills, Green Thumb, and more
  * Elementary schools and libraries in Orange County, CA
  * Assisted living facilities - Heritage Point, Kirkwood Assisted Living
             and more

Susie's  photo greeting card line is sold at boutique grocery stores, florists and boutiques. 
Her book and movie, The Story of Chester, are in classrooms in the Tustin Unified, Irvine Unified, Fullerton and Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Districts for K thru 2^nd grade classes and they are sold in Botanic Garden gift shops across the US.

Susie has been a professional speaker and author since 1991, earning the Certified Speaking 
Professional designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA) and induction into the NSA “Speakers Hall of Fame.” She has spoken to over million youth and adults across the US and around the world sharing her one-woman theatrical LEGACY OF HOPE® program (www.legacyofhope.com) to address youth and family mental health and prevention issues. She has been a featured guest on FOX News Live. She is author of several books for youth and families including 52 Ways to Protect Your Teen and co-author with husband and clinical psychologist Ken Vanderlip, Ph.D. of De-Stress for Success® Book with multi-media and eBook (www.de-stressforsuccess.com).

Susie is a graduate of UCLA in math/computer science with minor studies in Dance. She is a native Californian, born and raised in Lakewood,CA. She is an Associate Professor in Dance for Coastline Community College District. Her passions include gardening, teaching Zumba Gold and Yoga to active older adults as workshops and at gyms around OC. She lives with husband of 36 years, Dr. Ken Vanderlip, and a multitude of Monarchs in Orange, California. 

Learn more about Susie's Story from a Los Angeles Times article (2015)
 Weekend Home and Garden Section and the Daily Pilot:
http://www.dailypilot.com/weekend/tn-wknd-et-0510-the-artof-home-20150509,0,7058243.story