My goal is always to make the world a little bit more beautiful, whether that be by helping youth environmental projects or by painting murals.
I have always enjoyed experimenting with pencil and paint, so combining my love of the ocean and art was a natural combination of my two favourite things. At age 15, I started my own sustainable small business, Ocean Child Creative, using my art to start conversations about the ocean and raise funds for non-profits. After successfully running Ocean Child Creative for four years, I have taken a step back from it for the time being.
I then joined Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program’s Future Blue Youth Council, where we worked to create a brand new granting program for young changemakers. I was been named a 2021 National Geographic Young Explorer and I love talking to people and presenting about these projects.
With support from the National Geographic Society, I created Turning Tides, which is a comprehensive multimedia website filled with free, accessible toolkits with concise and practical information for young advocates. Containing advice from some of the world’s leading changemakers, it was created to make both starting and continuing advocacy work easier and more transparent.
At the moment, my biggest project is my post-secondary education as I study a the University of King’s College.
