Hi everyone!! My name is Teagan Cunningham, and I am honored to be the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society’s 2024 Dr. Lee H. Somers American
I am starting my internship with the National Parks Service by completing a lifelong dream of mine, getting trained to dive on a closed circuit
Growing up between New Jersey and Israel, I learned from a young age while diving in the Red Sea that I am more comfortable underwater
Pablo Alfonso Fuenzalida Miralles, 24, was born in Chile and grew up for 7 years on farms in New Zealand before moving to the Sunshine
Samuel Thomsen, 24, was born in Bristol, England. His formative years were enriched by a deep connection to the natural world. From nurturing corals in
Ingrid Martinson, 22, was born and raised in landlocked Denver, Colorado where she began pursuing ocean advocacy and conservation. Growing up visiting her mother’s family
Sophie Kalkowski-Pope, 21, grew up in the beautiful coastal region of Cairns, Far North Queensland. Surrounded by reefs and rainforests, her childhood consisted of outdoor
Lucy Penny, 23, from southwest England, is a nursing undergraduate with a keen interest in dive medicine, physiology and remote expeditions. Her lifelong love of
Genece Grisby was born in California and grew up close to the Pacific Ocean. She devoured books about sharks and ichthyosaurs and loved watching Animal
My dive instructor gifted me my first underwater camera setup a little over two years ago when he retired. During those two years, with the
I’m happy to be back on the West Coast. I am in Ventura, California to join the Kelp Forest Monitoring (KFM) team at Channel Islands
I would like to write a short thank you to Scott Pawlowski, the museum curator at Pearl Harbor National Memorial. It looked like I wasn’t
I’m back in Kalaupapa! My plan to head to the National Park of American Samoa after Kaloko fell through leaving me with an open schedule
On July 19th I began the second half of my journey as the 2023 American Academy of Underwater Science (AAUS) Mitchell Scientific Diving Research Intern
