Professor of Biology at Florida SouthWestern State College. Shell Ambassador for the Bailey-Matthews National She’ll Museum. Graduate of George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. NAUI advanced SCUBA diver. Artist and founder of Zirzow Gallery. Children's book author/ illustrator. Past Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) fellow at the National Institutes of Health, wildlife technician, and staff aquarist at the University of Arizona Biosphere 2 Marine Science Lab.