Hi! I am a final year Marine Biology (BSc) student at the University of Plymouth, who is currently working as a Research Ranger for Seal Research Trust. In my free time, I am undertaking a PADI Divemaster internship with DIVE UK. I recently completed my placement year, where I undertook a 6 month internship at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary with both the Animal Care Team and the Events team, as well as volunteering abroad at the Olive Ridley Project Rescue Center in the Maldives. I also begun volunteering with the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Solent Seascape Project in my free time!Instagram page: @mbio_millsI am currently a certified PADI Rescue Diver with EFR and 90+ dives logged, as well as having my PB2 license with RYA and sailing experience. I am a qualified Marine Mammal Medic with BDMLR and a volunteer with the Cornwall/Devon Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network! I currently volunteer with the HIWWT & SSP through attending intertidal surveys and events stalls, I also input the data collected from the surveys, this work goes towards the SSP! I have also recently been asked to lead a talk on Seals of the South - which I am so excited about!!!! From my placement year, I have experience in Education & Outreach in conservation and sustainability from my internship with the Events Team at CSS - this included talks and tours of numerous pools, school group activities and tours including arts and crafts, off site outreach and more. I also have Animal Care experience from my internship with CSS first as a volunteer, then progressing to an intern. This involved dietary preparation, feeding, administering and preparing medication, transferring, assisting tube feeding, taking temperatures and more.I have also worked with the UoP in the Peer Assisted Learning Scheme (PALS) which involves mentoring 1st year students through the beginning of their degree via scheduled sessions.I have loved volunteering my whole life and it has taken me to many places around the globe - I travelled to the Maldives with ORP, working at their Turtle rescue center, this combined my experiences from CSS and built on them more! I have also travelled to Kerala, India where we built a house for a local family, who’s house was destroyed by a flood, and in our days off we taught English lessons to students in year 7. I have also volunteered at Freedom Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand.I hope to be able to use my experiences to educate and broaden horizons of others and increase awareness of marine conservation.