Under the guidance of our new Director of Education, Dr. Wendy Marshall, we are now offering inspiring new ocean-themed field trips, camps and leadership programs based on the Seven Essential Principles of Ocean Literacy, California Science Standards and 21^st Century Learning skills.

Dr. Marshall comes to us from the University of Southern California (USC) where she was the Education Program Designer. She brings more than 17 years' experience in the education field which includes teaching and previous roles as Regional Vice President and District Manager within the education publishing industry. She also served as the Western Region K-12 Solutions Manager for The College Board (the non-profit organization that develops SAT and AP programs). Wendy earned her AA Degree at Orange Coast College, Bachelors at UCLA and then her doctorate at University of Southern California where she earned the Dissertation of the Year Award. Wendy maintains a research emphasis and understanding of current trends in education through ongoing writing, conference presentations and curriculum development projects with USC.

Learn more about Dr. Marshall's educational programs and see where we are in the community: 

• Read about ExplorOcean's program at Costa Mesa Middle School in the Orange County Register article titled, Robots in the pool? School program lets lessons, fun sink in 
• View a video of Dr. Wendy Marshall being interviewed by Newport Beach TV about her work with ExplorOcean. 
• Read the Orange County Register story titled, Five questions with ... ExplorOcean's Wendy Marshall