Where are they now? A Spotlight on our Previous Interns: Mike England!

This week we’re catching up with a familiar face to see where life has taken him after his time at Forfar Field Station. Meet our previous environmental educator and education coordinator, Mike England!

Mike spent over two years working at Forfar from 2017-2019 covering two seasons and helping train two cohorts of educational staff. Since leaving the field station, Mike has returned to his hometown of Denver, CO where he currently works as an Educator at the Denver Aquarium.

“I teach classroom programs to school groups,” Mike told us, “as well as improve current classes and develop new curriculum”. Even in the landlocked state of Colorado, Mike is able to share his passion as a marine educator and teach students about the ocean and coastal ecosystems.

During his time at Forfar, Mike developed his diving skills and progressed all the way to PADI Divemaster level, assisting in Open Water courses, and helping maintain our Coral Propagation Nursery.

Mike not only further developed his teaching skills in and out of the classroom but Forfar also taught him to be more adaptable and to embrace a “go with the flow” attitude. Some of Mike’s favorite memories of Forfar are of the people, including the students, he taught on the station and the local Bahamian staff.

Although Mike is excited to be back in Colorado (and back on the ski slopes), he loves seeing all the updates at Forfar and hopes to make a trip back to visit soon!

We wish Mike the best of luck in all of his future endeavors as a marine educator and hope he has many more SCUBA adventures!