Mackenzie Kingston

Sierra Experience Assistant Director

Mackenzie Kingston is drawn toward working with youth in order to create more equitable, welcoming spaces for growth, inclusion, and curiosity. After graduating from Connecticut College with a bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience and a double-minor in environmental studies and anthropology, she first moved to California from Vermont to work with newcomer and refugee youth in Oakland. Feeling the pull of the mountains, she moved to Truckee, California, in 2022, and now works for Gateway as a Whole Hearts Minds & Bodies mentor and as assistant director for Sierra Experience. Mackenzie likes to spend her free time outside hiking, backpacking, swimming, paddling, skiing, or just reading by the river.