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POP's New Education & Outreach Coordinator
Meet the New Plastic Ocean Project Education & Outreach Coordinator
Sam Athey received her B.Sc and M.Sc from UNCW, where she founded the first university chapter of Plastic Ocean Project (POP). She has recently returned to Wilmington after earning her PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Toronto, where she investigated the sources and solutions to microplastic pollution. She has accepted a job as Education & Outreach Coordinator for Plastic Ocean Project.
Athey is also an active member of the Environmental Book Club organized by Cape Fear’s Going Green. In the photo above, Athey is participating in a clean-up and outreach tabling event at Surfer’s Healing, the original surf camp for children with autism. (Learn more at surfershealingnc.org.)
Welcome back, Sam!
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Sam Athey and her sea turtle friend shared information at this outreach tabling event at Surfer’s Healing.
photo by Kristin Llaso