Ohio Sea Grant Knauss Fellow Champions Ocean Education
The first comment Erin Sams Cooper usually has to address when she talks about her employer, the education non-profit Teens4Oceans, is “but… you’re based in Colorado.” And while the Rocky Mountains around Boulder were covered by an ocean a few million years ago, it’s not the first place most people would think of when asked where to start an ocean education program.
However, for Cooper, a former Ohio Sea Grant Knauss Fellow and now a program director for Teens4Oceans, the nonprofit is the perfect place to combine her love of biology with a dedication to all types of environmental education.