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The Youth Oceanic Initiative was founded to educate younger generations about the oceans. Join us and help us educate the next generation of ocean stewards.

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Featured Project

World Ocean Day 2024 Zine

In celebration of World Ocean Day 2024, YOI organized a competition inviting artists and writers to contribute their creations for inclusion in a zine, with the added incentive of a prize draw. The initiative garnered over 20 entries globally, culminating in the presentation of the zine at YOI's World Ocean Day 2024 live webinar on June 8th, 2024.

Our Team

Our team is composed of a diverse group of students all passionate about the ocean.

MX

Marlin Xie

(He/Him)

Founder & President

AP

Ankur Parikh

(He/Him)

Vice President of Research

GC

Grace Corveleyn

(She/Her)

Vice President of Comms.

AL

Angela Liu

(She/Her)

Vice President of Content

LH

Lucine Husain

(Any Pronouns)

Secretary

SD

Sydney Deb

(She/Her)

Treasurer

IL

Issac Liu

(He/Him)

Webmaster

MC

Madelyn Carrera

(She/Her)

Policy Research Director

WK

Winston Kan

(He/Him)

Policy Research Director

MA

Maya Aryanfar

(She/Her)

Scientific Research Director

FZ

Fatemtuz Zuhura

(She/Her)

Scientific Research Director

EL

Emerson Lee

(She/Her)

Marketing & Outreach Director

RK

Ryan Kuang

(He/Him)

Marketing & Outreach Director

JG

Janssen Gallenero

(She/Her)

Social Media Director

VT

Veronica Tom

(She/Her)

Social Media Director

SP

Sandy Phan

(She/Her)

Social Media Director

PS

Poe Sid

(They/Them)

Editorial Director

CG

Chloe Gao

(She/Her)

Editorial Director

CD

Cecil Dong

(Any Pronouns)

Visual Design Director

JW

Jia Wen Lin

(She/Her)

Visual Design Director

IZ

Isabella Zhao

(She/Her)

Visual Design Director

JM

Jaylee Mui

(She/Her)

Visual Design Director

ST

Sunny Talusan

(They/Them)

Visual Design Director

JZ

Joann Zheng

(She/Her)

Visual Design Director

AT

Arham Tajwar

(He/Him)

Film Director

SZ

Sumya Zahin

(She/Her)

Game Developer

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