It was an amazing and insane introduction to the world of diving. Basically our days were split between working the show floor (huge), meeting hundreds of incredibly famous, interesting and awesome people, black tie dinners and awards banquets, various hotel bars, and trying to grab enough sleep to be able to go out and do it all again the next day. Some of the highlights of the weekend were meeting a personal hero of Brenna's and mine, Dr. Sylvia Earle:
You might not realize it yet, but she's your hero too! She gave an incredible speech at the awards dinner held partially in her honor on Saturday night. We also had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Kathy Sullivan:
Besides being the first woman to walk in space, Dr. Sullivan served as chief scientist at NOAA and is now a member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame.
I wish I could put up pictures and write at length about all the awesome people I met that weekend. Getting a feel for and seeing what kind of people that are involved in the scholarship and that I'll hopefully be working with was really encouraging. Although I felt like I kind of knew them already, meeting Brenna and Robin for the first time in person was also great. They've already been such a great help, and it's really comforting to know that they'll be around to help out during the next year. I don't think I could've asked for a better scholarship "mom" and "big sister". The weekend was a blast, and it got me really excited for the upcoming weekend in NYC. I can't wait to meet my fellow scholars, and all the other members of OWUSS that will be there!
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