Morgan is a Master’s student at San Francisco State University and is partnering with the California Academy of Sciences to study human impacts on coral microbial communities in the Dominican Republic. She received her AAUS Scientific Diver, Rescue Diver, and Advanced Diver certifications at the University of Florida, where she studied coral physiology in Mo’orea, Tahiti. The scholarship will support her field work to study the ability of coral microbial communities to adapt to direct human impacts (i.e., nutrient run-off, tourism presence). Her research will help characterize the role microbial communities play in coral resilience, which can inform future conservation plans.