It has been challenging during the pandemic for me to work on my campaign. However, since the shut down on March 14, 2020, due to the Coronavirus, I am grateful to have had several opportunities to work with the amazing partners below to share my work and spread my mes...

Thank you to Mr. Curt Abdouch for inviting me to present to an amazing group of after-school teachers from Newport-Mesa Unified School District (NMUSD) on March 11, 2020!

Mr. Curt Abdouch is the president of JuST-EAMagine, an educational service company that develops in...

On February 18, I had the pleasure of presenting to over 80 campers & student volunteers at the Environmental Nature Center (ENC) in Newport Beach, California. The Little Naturalists campers were the first group I talked to and they were ages 3-5. I read them the book...

On November 13, 2019, I had the honor of appearing on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" together with the founders of 4ocean – Alex Schulze and Andrew Cooper – and 10-year-old Ocean Hero Cash Daniels. To sweeten the experience, Kelly Clarkson brought on a surprise celebrity to...

Check out this AMAZING video produced by Nature's Path EnviroKidz! EnviroKidz supported the Ocean Heroes bootcamp event that took place from June 28-30, 2019 in Vancouver, empowering youth to save the oceans! I was honored to be interviewed by EnviroKidz at the bootcam...

I am so honored to receive the Ocean Hero Award from OCEANA during the amazing Sea Change Summer Party on Saturday, September 7, 2019. The gala was held at a magical estate in Laguna Beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean! OCEANA has done so many wonderful things to...

On Saturday, September 14, I was at the family friendly EarthFest event in Irvine, Orange County, organized by The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center (IROEC), to celebrate 10 years of their sustainability efforts. This was my first time having a booth at an event pr...

Thank you Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) for awarding me with the Young Philanthropist Award 2019. I am truly honored and humbled with this recognition. I had the most amazing time at the PMMC Call of the Sea Gala on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at The Ranch in Lagun...

From July through early August 2019, I partnered with the Newport Sea Base in Newport Beach to educate the kids at their summer camp about harmful effects of single-use plastic straws and my Skip the Plastic Straw campaign. Each session, I was able to meet with new kid...

I am happy to announce that Hoag will be joining my campaign to Skip the Plastic Straw in their cafeterias in all of their locations in Orange County! 

Since my presentation to Hoag in September 2018, Hoag has eliminated plastic straws in exchange for pap...