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Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Graduate Education: Through a Sea Grant Fellowship, Shark-Obsessed Teen Becomes the Expert
“I was always obsessed with sharks,” says Sagarese, who would find skate and dogfish (mud shark) carcasses as a kid and take them home for science experiments. “My mom loved keeping them in the freezer!