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A Lake Worth local, Alexandra Rose earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida State University (2019) and her graduate certificate in Aquatic Animal Care and Conservation through the University of Florida (2023). Her love for the ocean began in childhood, spending countless hours at the beach and on the water, always curious about the animals that lived there and their connection to us. As an undergraduate, Alexandra worked in a deep-sea shark research lab, assisting with gut content analysis, field surveys, and tagging projects. Her career path soon took her abroad to Ireland, where she rehabilitated seals during the pandemic, before returning home to south Florida to focus on native wildlife rehabilitation. Following an internship with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, she became a manatee biologist, spending three years conducting stranding response, photo identification, and carcass salvage. When the opportunity to join the Wild Dolphin Project arose, Alexandra felt she was moving from one dream job to another. After completing her first full field season aboard Stenella, she is eager to continue diving deeper into dolphin research and all that the upcoming seasons have to offer. 

Join us for an updated look at the Wild Dolphin Project and the research we conduct with Atlantic spotted dolphins. We’ll share who we are, what drives our work, and how we study dolphin biology and behavior to better understand and conserve these incredible animals.