Alma Carolina is a postdoctoral researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She received a Bachelor of Science in Oceanography from UABC in Ensenada, México and a Masters and PhD in Physical Oceanography, both from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is now using numerical models and observations as part of the SLOMO project to study the circulation around the Seychelles Islands. She has participated in several educational programs for the Hawaiian and Mexican communities and would like to establish similar outreach in Tijuana and San Diego.