Julia Berg and Sarah Mason have been K-12 educators for 15+ years. In the six years since they became involved in the Archeological Society of Maryland, they have been a model for involvement, advocacy, and service that many professional archaeologists would be hard put to match. Since 2019, they founded the Eastern Shore Chapter of ASM, have presented at the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference and the Conference on Public Archaeology, served as content writers for Archaeology in the Community, and have collaborated on two awarded grants to provide opportunities for K12 teachers and students to engage in archaeology.
Julia and Sarah founded Digging Deeper Educational Consulting to provide customized, curated archeological and historical preservation workshops that empower teachers to develop experiential lesson seeds directly from primary sources and expert partnerships.
Julia has completed her CAT certification and Sarah is working diligently on hers. Archaeology, archaeologists, and the general public in Maryland benefit greatly from their passion, tenacity, and humility as they bring communities together to share in the valuation of Maryland's history.