Team

Caiti grew up in a small fishing town on the east coast of South Africa, raised on the water and shaped by the ocean community. Those early years she spent surfing, fishing and diving fostered a deep connection with the ocean and a curiosity about its inhabitants, leading her into a career as an ichthyologist and marine biologist. During the course of her journey as a scientist, she came to understand that the people for whom ocean science is so deeply relevant would never get to learn about it. From this, her vocation for storytelling was born. She now dedicates herself to communicating science and the stories of ocean stewards through written and visual media, finding meaning in the richness of these tales and the understanding that is hopefully nurtured.

Before joining the Save Our Seas Foundation, Caiti had the great fortune to work as a science communicator on the One Ocean Hub deep-sea capacity development cruise in the Amathole region of South Africa. She also spent time in the Cayman Islands working for the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, where she assisted on the live broadcasting of the educational Reefs Go Live to thousands of local and international children.

Caiti hopes that more people will be exposed to ocean science in a way that will bring genuine understanding and emotional connection, so that we can move towards a planetary change that will serve the well-being of the world’s oceans and the communities connected to them.