Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Carley spent her summers volunteering at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and fell in love with everything at the water’s edge and beyond. While earning a B.Sc. in Marine Science and a certification in sustainability from Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, she held multiple environmental education positions, including kayak tour guide and summer youth leader. 

Upon graduation, Carley was selected for an internship at the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts with the Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Team. During her time in the Atlantic Northeast, she contributed to data collection efforts on basking shark diving habits, North Atlantic right whale feeding ecology, and the Bay of Fundy water chemistry analysis at the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station. Carley has worked as a biologist on species conservation projects with a primary focus on the threatened West Indian manatee and the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. She has further worked as a protected species observer promoting coexistence between wildlife and human activity. 

Carley currently holds the position of Education Coordinator at the Marine Discovery Center in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She is  elated to be part of Albedo, an organization that strives to bridge the gap in understanding and reverence between humans and the natural world we inhabit.

“We become what we pay attention to” – Sue Monk Kidd