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Dodie Sanders is a marine educator and boat captain for the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. Her work focuses on providing unique learning experiences that engage participants of all ages in coastal Georgia environments and the organisms living there.

Nicolette Stamos is currently a student at Minuteman Technical High School as a Freshman in Environmental Studies and is a member of Sea Scout Ship 5 out of Gloucester, MA.

Maile works as the Education Specialist at Washington Sea Grant and focuses primarily on K-12 programming. She co-leads NOAA Science Camp and exposes students to much of the incredible work that NOAA does.

We welcome Claire Atkinson, the new editor of Current: the Journal of Marine Education! Claire is also the senior manager of communications at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

Kendyll Collins is an Education Interpreter at the South Carolina Aquarium, with almost ten years of experience in field research, environmental education, and connecting people with water, wildlife and wild places.

David Wehunt teaches Biology and Environmental Science at Soddy Daisy High School in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee and has spent the last 20+ years teaching students about the ocean and our responsibility in protecting it.

Kathy Fuller is the Environmental Resource Teacher at the William S. Schmidt Outdoor Education Center and has been has been engaging, educating, and inspiring youth and adults alike about the importance of watersheds for over 20 years.

Carrie Carlin is a Science Teacher at Atlee High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia. She has had the privilege of teaching Oceanography, Earth Science, Biology and AP Biology for the last fifteen years in the same county she grew up in.

Mary Carla Curran is a marine science professor at Savannah State University. She teaches undergraduate and master's-level classes while conducting research on fish ecology and parasite-host interactions in addition to her outreach efforts.

Julianne Mueller-Northcott is a high school science teacher at Souhegan High School in Amherst, NH. Read more to learn how Julianne bring the ocean into her classroom, and her students into the field!

Christopher Petrone, Marine Advisory Service Director/Extension Leader with Delaware Sea Grant, shares the importance of exciting audiences about science, which leads to engagement and appreciation.