Carly is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology, and Elementary Education. Currently, Carly is studying at the School for Field Studies in Bocas del Toro, Panama, where she is studying Tropical Island Biodiversity through ecology, socioeconomics, and resource management. Carly has been diving since the age of 12 and has been infatuated with the ocean ever since. Tying her diving background, and current lifeguard occupation together with the Diver Medic Grant it will allow her to have a future occupation in the field of diving.