Alex is an environmental educator, science communicator, and wildlife photographer from Portland, OR with an enthusiastic passion for birds, marine mammals, and climate change. He has spent the last few years working as a Naturalist and Photography Instructor for National Geographic - Lindblad Expeditions passenger cruise ships, guiding and teaching natural history to guests in wild and remote places, from southeast Alaska down the Pacific coast to Baja California and Antarctica. He currently lives in San Diego where he is a grad student at UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography getting a masters in Climate Science & Policy while also helping conduct seabird population monitoring and Brandt's Cormorant nesting surveys in La Jolla Cove for one of the research labs on campus. He loves exploring the outdoors, helping people improve their photography skills (no matter the device!), and sharing the magic of birds and nature with people from all over the world.