Jesse has joined us at events and is teaching other kids at his school about sharks. He recently created some brochures to share with others, encouraging them to save sharks. Jesse has also created his own organization called MAKO-MIAMI ADVOCATE KIDS FOR THE OCEAN #Sharks4Kids #sharkambassador #Savesharks #SharkEducation #SharkConservation #OceanEducation #SharkFinning
Ady loves drawing sharks and using these drawings to teach other kids about sharks. While in Hong Kong, Ady and his family saw lots of shark fins for sale and it made him really sad. He wants to help save sharks and even created a game about them. He is using his creativity to teach other students about sharks and how to save them! Adam has completed his Master PADI Seal team training and stages 1 and 2 in sailing and does regular kayaking all in preparation of becoming a mar
Our Junior Ambassador Patrik Rollefson sent over some recent thoughts on Shark Conservation.... Over the years, after having gone through school and into college doing countless projects on climate change, ocean acidification, or declining shark populations, I have learned that it is extremely easy to become depressed and feel like there is no hope and no point in continuing the fight for change. It has happened to me all too often where I have gotten bogged down in the numbe
We are thrilled to welcome Jake to our JAWsome Junior Ambassador team. He will be collaborating with our Tampa team to share his passion with sharks with other students in the area. 1.How old are you? 11 Years old 2. What are your hobbies? My hobbies are catching lizard, researching sharks, and building Legos. 3. How and When did you first become interested in sharks? In Kindergarten I went to the library and decided to look into the nonfiction section. I picked a book in the
We met Angie while share was volunteering at the Bimini Biological Field Station and loved her enthusiasm. Angie has worked on ocean education programs around the world and was keen to take shark education back to the UK, where she is based. Angie will be visiting schools and community programs to teach students about sharks, shark science and conservation. We are thrilled to welcome her to the team. 1. What is your favorite shark and why? My favourite shark is the hammerhead
When she was 7, Charlotte watched a movie about sharks at the Astoria Maritime museum in Oregon. What was quite terrifying prior to the movie was not at it’s conclusion and it started an interest in sharks that has now lasted 2.5 years. The movie was about some of the different species of sharks and at the end of the movie there was a paragraph that scrolled through that spoke about not being afraid of sharks and about how they needed to be protected. After that, Charlotte we