Please note: We strongly recommend purchasing tickets in advance to guarantee entry, as we do sell out during Massachusetts school vacation week (February 15th through 23rd).
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Empowering the Next Generation of Ocean Leaders: A Conversation with Dr. Nevada Winrow, Co-Founder of Black Girls Dive Foundation
New England Aquarium presents free event: Thursday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m.
WHAT: The New England Aquarium’s Lowell Lecture Series presents Black Girls Dive Foundation Co-Founder Dr. Nevada Winrow, a pediatric neuropsychologist, educator, and certified master scuba diver. Dr. Winrow co-founded the Black Girls Dive Foundation to help overcome the racial and socioeconomic achievement gap and cultivate the next generation of socially conscious divers, scientists, conservationists, and planetary stewards.
Black Girls Dive offers young girls and women aquatic-based programs that integrate a STREAMS-based curriculum (science, technology, robotics, engineering, arts, mathematics, and scuba diving) through five chapters located in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and Georgia. Participants become certified scuba divers and engage in shark research and conservation, coral restoration, collaborative oyster restoration and education, and national parks preservation projects.
In her talk, Dr. Winrow will share the genesis of this nonprofit organization, its progress over the past eight years, its impact on participants and partnering organizations, and what’s next.
WHEN: Thursday, February 13 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: In person at the New England Aquarium’s Simons Theatre, 1 Central Wharf, Boston. The lecture will also be livestreamed via Zoom.
HOW: Register here for in-person and virtual attendance to the lecture event. Advance registration is required. The Lowell Lecture Series at the New England Aquarium is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute.
WHO: Dr. Nevada Winrow is a pediatric neuropsychologist who has served as a clinical practitioner, professor, and administrator in higher education for over a decade and has served as trustee at two HBCUs. Throughout her professional career she has served as a member of the Fulbright Scholars Review Board and the Board of Examiners for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and currently serves on the Board of the Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association. She is a member of Maryland Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and is a FAA licensed sUAS pilot and serves as a CAP aerospace educator. Dr. Winrow is a PADI Master Scuba Diver, an associate member of the Women’s Diving Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Underwater Sciences. She currently serves as the National Chairwoman of Youth programs for the National Association of Black Scuba Divers. She is an alumna of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Howard University, and Lincoln University and completed fellowships in Neuroradiology, Psychoneuroimmunology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurochemistry. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and is member-affiliated with many professional organizations.
MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Seabolt, 808-372-9065; jenn@teakmedia.com