Meet Alena from our Youth Leadership Council
17-year old Alena is from Ohio and is a passionate about protecting the marine environment. She serves on the Ocean Matters Team Ocean Youth Leadership Council. 1) What did you receive from your involvement in Ocean Matters that will stay with you moving forward?What will stay with me from Ocean Matters is the connections I […] Read More
Ocean Matters Teen Leader Social Media Takeover #4: Ellie
What have you been up to since attending the Ocean Matters program? In 2019 I attended the Ocean Matters Marine Ecology Expedition in Florida and made some of the best memories I’ve ever made in my life. Since then, I’ve started studying a degree in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth in Britain’s Ocean […] Read More
2020 Vision: Profiles of Team Ocean Teen Leaders Who Are Graduating
Congratulations to Ellie Siney! Ellie Siney, 18, is from London, England and attended our Florida Marine Ecology Expedition in 2019, where she became PADI Open Water scuba certified and participated in a coral restoration project in the Florida Keys. Ellie also serves on our Youth Ocean Stewardship Committee and is graduating from secondary school this year. […] Read More
Welcome Ocean Matters Youth Advocate Leader Arcadia Davies
by Arcadia Davies When I was three my family vacationed to Washington, and I saw the ocean for the first time. It was the orcas that first caught my eye; and on that trip my fascination for the ocean surfaced. Growing up in land-locked Ohio meant my relationship with the ocean had to be long […] Read More