Daniela Fernandez is CEO of Sustainable Ocean Alliance, which she founded at age 19 while studying economics and government at Georgetown University. She has since built a global organization that’s cultivating and accelerating solutions to protect and sustain the ocean’s health, including the Ocean Solutions Accelerator, launched to develop technological solutions to address threats facing the planet. Fernandez is an international speaker on the entrepreneurial mindset, ocean innovation, technology, youth empowerment, and sustainability. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and member of Friends of Ocean Action. One of Azula’s Top 5 Ocean Heroes of 2016, she received the Peter Benchley Ocean Award and Bustle Upstart Award.
Previously
The NBA commissioner talks about joining the climate game. An oceans expert empowers innovators of tomorrow. Two youth leaders unleash the power of indigenous knowledge. A bio...
Our planet can sustain life because of one universally unique feature: the ocean. It produces half the oxygen we breathe, nourishes our bodies with food and our minds with ins...
Resources
The Inextricable Link Between Ocean and Climate