My first love of the marine life on our planet started back when I was 14 and learned to scuba dive with my father in Jamaica, just a pool session made me realise being under the water was where I needed to be. Upon diving on the coral reefs and encountering my first octopus on my first dive sparked a fascination that only ever gets stronger. After diving holidays just weren't enough I took to the professional level and working freelance as a divemaster. Travelling up and down the Great Barrier reef picking up work guiding divers on the reefs and experiencing their amazement with the marine life never stopped making an impression. Once through university I was seeking to return to the marine world but this time to try and make a difference. Volunteering in the Seychelles surveying juvenile coral recruitment was my first step into conservation work, since then over the next few years I gained employment for two other groups and eventually leading projects in scientific and expedition leader roles.