Leaving Florida in the beginning of July I flew back to the West Coast to spend a few weeks and continue my month of training.  My time on the West Coast turned out to be some of the most information-packed three weeks I’ve had in a long time. I started off in Southern California by […]

It’s been a while since the last time I posted anything, I’m sorry about that!  Since my last post I have been busy busy while  filling the last five to six weeks with training, training, and more training.  Following my Northern California leg I headed back to Atlanta to swap out gear, rest up, and […]

I turned 24 on July 27th and started driving towards one of the best birthday presents of my entire life (although I didn’t know it at the time)!!!  I flew into Atlanta, Georgia on the July 26th from Seattle and drove down to High Springs, Florida on the 27th (my birthday) for a week of […]

If you remember, one of my first activities while in Northern California was a day trip to the California Academy of Sciences with past scholars Sara Shoemaker Lind and Brenna Mahoney.  During this trip Elliott Jessup, Diving Safety Officer of the Cal Academy of Sciences, showed us around and spent his time asking me questions […]

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been a place that I have always wanted to visit but for some reason have never been able to visit.  This all changed in June when I found myself staying with past scholar Brenna Mahoney in Santa Cruz, only a short drive away from Monterey.  Having had the opportunity to […]