By Shannon Ratliff, SunCoast Market Co-op Vice President In this age of big corporations making unfathomable profits, the power of local communities is easily overlooked. When stay at home orders, fear to enter public spaces, and empty shelves at grocery…
By: Mariana Mireles, OC Education Assistant From Student to Teacher By finishing my undergraduate degree in Child and Family Development from SDSU in the midst of the pandemic, all I could do was self reflect on my journey. I reflected…
by Janaira Quigley, Ocean Connectors’ new Executive Director What a pleasure it is to join the Ocean Connectors team! The mission to “educate, inspire and connect youth in underserved Pacific coastal communities through the study of migratory marine life,” appealed…
By Frances Lang, Ocean Connectors Executive Director Life-Changing Moments I have spent most of my life working to protect the natural resources of Southern California and the Pacific coast. Drawing from my own experiences during childhood, I have always believed…
By Glen Lubcke, Supervisor of the Natural Resources Group at SDG&E A Lifelong Passion Sustainability has always been a focus of my education and my career, and as sustainability became synonymous with shifting corporate cultures over the past 30 years,…
By Mandy Shefman, Ocean Connectors Development Manager Do you ever wonder, “what if?” Reflecting back, I’ve realized there are moments in my life where a choice impacted my future more than I could have anticipated. Two of these moments were…
Each year, Ocean Connectors is proud to feature a few of our partners who have just joined our network or who have recently expanded their support. It is thanks to their generous contributions, and the support of all our partners…
2020 is coming to a close, and it’s hard to describe what a year this has been. Unprecedented. Unusual. Confusing. These words barely scratch the surface of everything we’ve been through this year, as individuals, families, and even as a…
By Ted Godshalk, Director of Paradise Creek Educational Park Inc. (PCEPI) The salt marsh habitat in the Old Town neighborhood of National City was never considered important by anyone until the 1990s. While the storm drain system was designed to…
During the month of March 2020, Ocean Connectors was well on our way to accomplishing all our goals for the school year at every public elementary and middle school in National City and 19 schools in Nayarit, Mexico. As we…
