EDITOR'S NOTES

Designer, Editor & Founder of Changing Tides

My name is Aimee Williams and I am currently a senior at Oregon State University pursuing a BFA in Graphic Design with minors in both Business and Entrepreneurship, and Photography.

I enjoy brand and identity systems, packaging design, and providing my creative skills to aid in marketing strategies. I LOVE being able see people utilizing my work out in the world.

I like documentary photography, capturing beautiful landscapes, and taking portraits (my most willing subject is my younger sister, Kirsten). I also have a new-found love for film photography which can been seen throughout Changing Tide's online magazines and website.

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO CHANGING TIDES!

The Changing Tides team congratulates you on taking that first step in the transfer to a plastic-free lifestyle. Whether it be to change your own plastic-use habits, your family's plastic-use habits, or for the sole reason of bettering the environment and our oceans— we commend you on your initiative.

I have always had an interest in our oceans and the various ways to preserve them, and the marine animals that inhabit it, for future generations to experience and enjoy. As a consumer-based population, single-use plastics have been ingrained into how we live our daily lives. However, it's important to think about how those products and their packaging impact the Earth and oceans. That's where Changing Tides can help.

We strive to both educate and provide our customers with sustainable products that will last a happy and healthy lifetime for our environment. And by altering our plastic-use habits, we can conquer ocean plastic-based pollution together—for the future.

- Aimee Williams