BREEF welcomes two Bahamas Environmental Steward Scholarship interns

Bahamas Environmental Steward Scholars (BESS) Gayle Burrows and Asia Butler completed their 100day semester at The Island School in Cape Eleuthera in December and are now interning at Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) They are encouraging others to apply for the BESS programme - a transformative year-long experience for graduating 12th grade Bahamian students.

Gayle is an 18-year-old Queen’s College graduate who has been interested in coastal and marine protection in the Bahamas from an early age. She hopes to pursue a career in ocean and coastal conservation and is looking forward to her experience at BREEF bringing her closer to that goal. Asia is a 17-yearold graduate of Harbour Island All Age School, Eleuthera where she served as president of the Bahamas

Plastic Movement Ocean Ambassador’s Club and has a passion for increasing food security through backyard gardening.

Other 2022-2023 BESS scholars Taye Fountain and Darielle Bullard completed their internships and are now immersed in their Island School semester. Darielle completed her boat captain’s license before heading to Eleuthera.