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Sarah Adams, program manager for Maritime Blue’s Quiet Sound, works with maritime vessels to develop and implement voluntary measures in Puget Sound aimed at protecting resident southern killer whales, an endangered population numbering less than 80 individuals.

Rosie Poirier is a marine scientist, underwater photographer, and an artist. She speaks about how art can encourage public engagement and specifically how art can engage the public's understanding of the ocean.

Seth has worked as a producer, music director, and studio musician. He has collaborated with such renown musical artists as Tom Rush, Nick Carter, and Cyndi Lauper. Seth has been nominated for a Grammy and is a five-time Independent Music Award winner. He characterizes music as an empathy machine and feels incredibly lucky to be part of it. Seth gets inspiration from the natural world and says the ocean brings him comfort and often provides a narrative for his music. His music reminds us that we have the ability to positively influence the world.

Carlos Mallo Molina discovered a passion for the ocean that led him to found Innoceana, an organization with a mission to protect critically important areas of the ocean. For example, in Costa Rica, he is investigating the stresses of global warming and working with the local community to protect the coral.

Bonnie Blaylock author of The Water Women, a novel that explores the bonds between mothers and daughters. The threads they create from mussels are woven into a special cloth, an activity that binds the women to one another.

Maya van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper, founder of Green Amendments for the Generations, author of The Green Amendment: The People's Fight to Secure a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment and a lawyer. She has devoted her energies to securing that every state has a Green Amendment, an assurance of a healthy environment by enshrining them in a state's constitution.

Kaileia Duriano is an Indigenous Hawaiian trained in Indigenous cultural practices as well as academic marine biology. She discusses Indigenous and academic ways of knowing and how to use this information to maintain Hawaii's natural beauty and abundance.

Susan works with the United Nations Environment Programme, where she helps navigate the complexities of international environmental issues. For her, stronger environmental solutions require broader participation, shared knowledge, and a willingness to listen across cultures, communities, and countries.

Megan Smylie is the Sea Otter Program Manager at the Aquarium of the Pacific. She coordinates the Sea Otter Surrogacy Program, a program aimed at rehabilitating orphaned sea otter pups and successfully reintroducing them back into the wild.

Andi Cross designs solutions for corporate groups. Her company Edges if Earth works with individuals and communities to advance nature-based solutions and to bring these perspectives to corporate decision-makers. Andi offers actionable strategies to achieve tangible changes for organizations on the front line of the climate crisis.

Ashley Kidd, co-founder and conservation program manager of the Sunflower Star Laboratory in California, drew upon her experiences with public aquariums to explore the feasibility of restoration of the Sunflower Sea Star, a critically endangered marine creature. the Sunflower Star Laboratory has become a source of hope that sea stars and the kelp forests that depend upon them will once again be a key feature of the nearshore community in the waters off the West Coast.

Project Lawud is a Philippines-based group concerned with the survival of the dugong, a relative of the manatee. Project Lawud is building awareness of this endangered marine mammal and strengthening conservation of Sarangani Bay, the dugong’s critical habitat in the Philippines ‍

Rebecca Aguilar works for the Oceanic Preservation Society, a movie production company located at Skywalker Ranch in the San Francisco Bay area. Rebecca is currently involved with post-production work on the film Speaking with Giants, a film about whale communication.

Wo(men) Mind the Water has produced more than 100 episodes. The Artivist Series has talked with guests from across the globe. Guests speak about their connection with water, particularly the ocean, and how their work relates to this connection. The podcasts are meant to entertain and encourage action to protect one of our most valuable resources – the ocean.

Patrizia Zolano's work focuses on water and natural light in her photographs. We focus on her series Acqua Alta a Venezia (High Water in Venice), a series inspired by the 2019 flood that caused great damage in Venice. Her photos are a reminder that beautiful things can arise from adversity. The images of books depict both destruction and transformation.