Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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Distinguished Scripps alumni congratulate the class of 2021.

Alfredo Giron-Nava, MS '16, PhD '19
André Hoffmann Fellow at the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions and the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Amber Sparks, MAS '14
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Blue Latitudes LLC and
Co-President of the Blue Latitudes Foundation

Emily Hazelwood, MAS ‘14
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Blue Latitudes LLC and
Co-President of the Blue Latitudes Foundation

Paloma Aguirre, MAS '15
City of Imperial Beach Councilwoman
NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow 2016

Emi Koch, MAS '19
Founder and Director, Beyond the Surface International and
Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow

Kirk Sato, MS ’14, PhD ‘17
Postdoctoral Fellow at Ocean Nexus Center
Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington

Megan McArthur, PhD '02
NASA Astronaut