Emily Newton is a marine biologist who grew up spending most of her time on a horse in the mountains of central Oregon. She discovered the fusion of scuba and science while pursuing her undergraduate degree and has parlayed this fusion into research and her work as an undersea specialist with Lindblad Expeditions.

Today, Emily joins me to talk about what has led her to where she is today. She shares her experience as a rodeo queen and how she pivoted from horse-related activities to marine science. She discusses how she overcame a bad scuba diving experience and stresses the importance of determination. She talks about how she got her job at Lindblad and explains why it’s okay not to know everything. She talks about Antarctica and shares some of her plans for the future.

“People are just curious, just like me, and they just want to know what you know.”

- Emily Newton

“Nature is so powerful in how it affects each of us, I think, and all you need is the opportunity to feel that and to experience that.”

- Emily Newton

This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:

●     Being a rodeo queen

●     The roots of Emily’s interest in marine science

●     Emily’s experience scuba diving

●     The importance of letting people know without shame when you don’t know the answer to a question

●     Emily’s plans for the future

Spaceship Not Required

I’m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.

I’m an explorer, and that doesn’t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.

In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.

Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.

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