Kristin Paterakis Email & Phone Number

Delray Beach, Florida, United States

Key West, Florida, United States

• Document scientific dive trips and training for children and youth scientific divers.
• Develop digital communication strategies.
• Instruct classes, lead trips, and plan dive travel and course logistics.

Delray Beach, Florida, United States

• Lead production of creative environmental and nature media including short and long-form video, photography, and communications content.
• Design and conduct scuba and underwater photography classes.

Miami Metropolitan Area

• Produced and wrote three award-winning episodes for the marine science series, “Changing Seas.” Oversaw production start-to-finish, from content ideation and research, to pitching and securing resources, interviewing.
• Project managed all production details and logistics, including coordinating schedules, travel, media and document management, and deliverable tracking. Completed episodes… Show more
• Project managed all production details and logistics, including coordinating schedules, travel, media and document management, and deliverable tracking. Completed episodes on schedule and under budget.
• Coordinated, planned, and hosted in-person and virtual outreach and events. Collaborating with various organizations and vendors in the South Florida area and internationally.
• Managed a team of photographers, editors, animation designers, freelancers, and interns.
• Led the design and development of marketing and communications content, including social media, the series’ website, blog posts, and digital extras.

La Paz, Mexico

Co-founded El Sueño Hostel in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico while conducting research in the area. Currently in charge of branding, management, bookings, social media, website development and fundraising.https://elsuenolapaz.wordpress.com/www.facebook.com/elsuenolapaz

Denver

Assistant Instructor at Denver Divers! Come learn how to explore the underwater world.

Greater Denver Area

Inspired by my internship with OceansAware in Mossel Bay, South Africa, I have continued to visit schools interactively educating the youth on shark ecology and conservation. These 30-60 minute outreach sessions have no restriction in setting! I have visited during guest lecture periods at elementary schools, for my scuba students at Denver Divers and even.

Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Assisted Principal Investigator, Kara Pellowe of Brown University, in creating and conducting underwater surveys of chocolate clams and the fishery’s socio-ecological impacts in Loreto Bay National Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Greater Denver Area

Maintained shark (blacktip reef shark, zebra shark, whitetip reef shark), fish, and amphibian (frog, lizard) habitats (cleaning and feeding). Educated visitors on marine life and our connection with the ocean.

Mosselbaai, South Africa

Responsible for Oceans Aware education outreach program which entailed giving an interactive presentation on shark and ray ecology and conservation. Responsible for maintenance and animal husbandry for the public aquarium. Collected data for use on population census and movement dynamics of white sharks.

• Designed and created aquaponics educational prototype for my senior thesis
• Assisted with clerical duties and helped planned the Harvest Dinner and Pie Social events
• Supervised after school and day camp activities; educated youth on healthy eating

Bachelors Of Art, Environmental Science And Policy And Earth And Ocean Sciences

Master’S Degree, Cultural Anthropology

The first 2 1/2 years of my degree were spent taking courses ranging from anthropological methods and theory, archaeological methods and.