WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Students will continue to feel the influence of Butler Community College biology professor Lindsey Fields, even after her death.

Fields died on the Wichita flight to Washington DC last week. A scholarship fund is being created in her honor.

Lindsey Fields was an accomplished leader in education. She served as the chair of the biology department at Butler Community College and was president elect for the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT).

Her family says this is about carrying on her legacy.

Growing up in the panhandle of Oklahoma, nature was always something Lindsey Fields loved.

“We were outdoors a lot,” Amy Costner-Lark. “At family events we would go hiking we could go hunting we could go fishing, we could do anything we wanted outside.”

That love for nature fed over into science. She followed the path of family members before her with a career in science education.

“She was a leader amongst her peers, and she had a dynamic personality and the ability to make people feel like they were the only one in the room,” said Costner-Lark.

Her passion for educating is what led her closest friends to create a fundraiser for the Lindsey (Carter) Fields Memorial Science Scholarship in her honor.

All of the proceeds from the fund will go to endowed scholarships at Oklahoma State University — Fields’ alma mater — and Butler Community College.

“The goal of the scholarship was to honor Lindsey’s legacy and allow her to continue to touch the lives of students who are interested in science and so it gives us the ability to give back to students in her name,” said Costner-Lark.

Fields’ loved ones are hoping even though she’s gone, her impact lasts lifetimes.

So far, the fundraiser has raised nearly half of its $100,000 goal. Fields’ family is hoping to raise enough money to create endowed scholarships at both schools.

They say Lindsey made a big impact through small actions, and that even a small donation can help the fund grow.