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 […]

Towards the middle of May I received a phone call from Sara Shoemaker Lind inviting me to come spend some time with her in San Francisco to get used to my new cameras.  Flying into San Francisco I had my first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean in over a month and realized how much I […]

After a great week with Sara I caught a shuttle down to Santa Cruz to spend time with past scholar Brenna Mahoney and explore Santa Cruz and Monterey.  Following a great weekend of diving in Monterey  I made a trip to Light and Motion to pick up my new videocamera housing!  I was greeted by Paul […]