Just a little bit about me.

Hi there, my name is Annika
​(pronounced "any-car").
​I'm a 25 year old kiwi girl from New Zealand and a underwater enthusiast. 

The ocean is an
​integral part of my life.

I was fortunate to have been raised on a yacht my father built and spent my summers sailing and diving along the East Coast of New Zealand with my family. The range of wonderful experiences this life around the water has given me, has made me determined to share these experiences with the people around me, working to build an awareness and understanding around issues facing our ocean whilst igniting a sense of wonder with what lies below the surface. 

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As a way to empower the next generation of divers, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) has created the NextGen Scholarship to provide a year of training and other benefits to deserving divers on their quest for excellence. 
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Being selected as the 2019 Global Underwater Explorers NextGen scholar is an incredible opportunity that I am honoured to share with you all. The range of wonderful experiences this life around the water has given me, has made me determined to share these experiences with the people around me, working to build an awareness and understanding around issues facing our ocean whilst igniting a sense of wonder with what lies below the surface. 

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Learning about our oceans
through Virtual Reality.

​I am currently working for BLAKE NZ as a Virtual Reality Environmental Educator, teaching 20,000 students within the Auckland region. Through the NZ-VR programme, students experience several underwater virtual reality videos that compare and contrast pristine and degraded marine environments. Through these experiences, I teach students what causes these changes in the ocean and what actions they can take to protect our marine environment. 

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