Cristina von Essen

I am an avid conservation steward in all aspects of my life. I believe that education and conservation go hand in hand with helping in the protection of our environment.I grew up in Puerto Rico, a small island in the Caribbean where all our natural resource conservation is of outmost importance. I grew up in the water, some may call me a fish, but it’s where I feel the most comfortable. It’s where I feel at home.

Calling this small island “home” for most of my life is the great driving power behind my conservation and environmental coexistence efforts. I love the ocean and have seen the changes it has gone through. It is the pushing force behind becoming a SCUBA and freedive instructor. Teaching gives me the opportunity to create awareness of our underwater environment and how to be interact and coexist with it. It is important that we all work together to educate and spread the knowledge on the state of the oceans.

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