She quit her job six months later.
On a Tuesday morning, you’ll find her at The Broken Oar café, notebook open, talking to a retired engineer about storm drains. By afternoon, she’s in a fluorescent vest, pulling invasive ivy from a stream bank behind Lakeforest Mall (soon to be redeveloped). She rarely posts on social media. She doesn’t have a title. Autumn Delahoussaye- Gaithersburg Maryland
“People ask what I ‘do,’” Delahoussaye says, brushing mulch off her jeans. “I listen. Then I show up. That’s the job.” She quit her job six months later