Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Award Summer 2022

Building Resilience in Coastal Communities

• Assist in the research of invasive lionfish, performing dissections & collecting data
• Writing fact files on marine biodiversity: “Adopt a Reef Friend” Program
• Collect data for Coral Watch research and conservation
• PADI Discover Scuba diving experience
• Advertisement of the 3rd Annual Lionfish Tournament run by TCMS at the end of July 2022 (posters, stickers, social media posts, etc)
• Supervise Gift Shop, attend to customers, collect payments, as well as ensuring its inventory is up to date and organized
• Support/Assist guides during day and night snorkel with student groups
• Prepare snorkelling kits and its clean up afterwards
• Educational outreach with tourists and students
• Ensure cleanliness and organization of classroom/lab
• Create social media posts
• Participate/Assist on the collection, cleaning and sorting of trash accumulated in the “coral graveyard” by Tobacco Caye (an Unesco Heritage protected site)