Laura grew up in Santa Barbara where she became interested in the marine environment through diving, sailing, and exploring tidepools. Having been raised in a seagoing family, Laura has worked in harbors for most of her professional life. While attending San Francisco State University she supported herself with various maritime jobs such as sail making, spinnaker repair and event coordination for the San Francisco Maritime Museum Association on Hyde Street Pier. After graduating with a B.A. in Humanities from San Francisco State University, Laura’s fondness for travel led her to Alaska and Canada where she worked as a wilderness guide and as a naturalist for a charter boat on Prince William Sound. Laura is also a yoga teacher, certified by the National Yoga Alliance, and enjoys leading instructors in yoga poses on the picnic tables in front of the O’Neill Sea Odyssey Shoreside Education Center while waiting for school groups to arrive. Laura joined the O’Neill Sea Odyssey crew in 1999. In her spare time she enjoys dance, yoga, music, and hiking in the Santa Cruz mountains with her husband Sean and Gary the Wonderdog.
