Matt Brest
Board President
What is your past experience and how did you get to where you are today?
I joined the Navy right out of high school and met my lovely wife Leanne while stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I worked at a homeless shelter in Arizona for 8 years before we moved to Washington looking for better weather.
What are you most excited about in forming Barnacles & Bees.
After covid and then ceaseless waves of disease raking daycares and classrooms I was drawn to Barnacles & Bees as a way for my daughter to meet other kids and learn about the world safely, outdoors.
What is your favorite place to explore outside?
We came from Phoenix, AZ which has the landscape of a moon colony, so every time I go outside here in Bremerton I'm awestruck. It feels like stepping into a magical rain-forest. I want my daughter to experience this joy as much as possible too and to learn about all the plants and critters around here that make up this wonderful place.
I joined the Navy right out of high school and met my lovely wife Leanne while stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I worked at a homeless shelter in Arizona for 8 years before we moved to Washington looking for better weather.
What are you most excited about in forming Barnacles & Bees.
After covid and then ceaseless waves of disease raking daycares and classrooms I was drawn to Barnacles & Bees as a way for my daughter to meet other kids and learn about the world safely, outdoors.
What is your favorite place to explore outside?
We came from Phoenix, AZ which has the landscape of a moon colony, so every time I go outside here in Bremerton I'm awestruck. It feels like stepping into a magical rain-forest. I want my daughter to experience this joy as much as possible too and to learn about all the plants and critters around here that make up this wonderful place.