Alexa Ward is the Community Relations Specialist at Project AWARE®, a registered nonprofit organization focused on two critical ocean conservation issues: Marine Debris and Sharks in Peril. Working alongside more than 1 million scuba divers and ocean advocates around the globe, she crafts and shares stories to drive awareness of marine issues and enable action for the protection of our ocean planet.
Often perceived as fierce, dominating and predatory, in reality, many shark species are incredibly vulnerable and subject to overfishing, bycatch and finning.
