Building Generation Explorer...One Girl At a Time

Samantha is the co-founder of Global Engineering & Exploration Counselors, offering underwater robot building workshops to young women around the world. Part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's ecosystem for the last decade, she shared kelp forest curiosities and conservation with millions of visitors in person and online.

As a lifelong storyteller turned manned submersible pilot, Erika is a passionate ocean explorer. She is co-founder of Global Engineering & Exploration Counselors, providing a network of marine engineering camps to girls around the world. She studied chemical oceanography at the University of Washington while working as a diesel engineer aboard the tall ship S/V Lady Washington.