Julia is in 5th grade. She enjoys snorkeling and exploring mangroves. A swimmer through and through, Julia has completed two, ocean-mile swim competitions and played water polo for two years. She hopes to play water polo in college. Last year, Julia built an ROV and competed in the Florida MATE competition. For her science project, she tested AUV hulls in her grandmother’s pool. She was invited to present her project at the 2016 Ocean Science Meeting Youth Symposium. This year her short video, “The Polar Bear, the Cow and the Penguin” took the Viewers’ Choice Award at the Youth Making Ripples Film Festival.