If you could walk us through your journey, that would be great.

Yeah, absolutely.

So I'm the senior environmental director at the Surfrider Foundation, and we're a grassroots organization that's dedicated to the protection of the world's ocean waves and beaches for all people through a powerful activist network.

And I'll get more into what we do at Surfrider later, but I've really dedicated my career to the conservation of our coasts and oceans.

I grew up right by the ocean in Solana Beach, North San Diego County in Southern California.

Super grateful for being able to walk to the waves and the sand, which really is why I got into the work that I do.

Neither of my parents surf.

they do.