Linda grew up on a strawberry farm in central Wisconsin, but that didn’t deter her from falling in love with the ocean and all its wonder and beauty. Linda has an M.S. in oceanography from Texas A&M, a B.S. in biology from Arizona State University and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Puerto Rico’s Department of Marine Sciences. She is a Captain in the Texas Air National Guard, and STEM Director for Mars Astronomical Science and Technology. Linda used her WDHOF training grant to purchase scuba equipment which aided data collection for her coursework.