National Geographic Explorer & Ocean Engineer Grace C. Young

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National Geographic Explorer & Ocean Engineer Grace C. Young joins me on Choose the Hard Way to discuss ballet, risk management, learning and building high-performance teams. Shoutout to Brian Ferguson from Arena Labs and the Liminal Collective who introduced me to Grace a few years back.

After completing her PhD at the University of Oxford as a Marshal Scholar, Grace joined X, Alphabet's Moonshot Factory, to develop technologies for ocean restoration and sustainability. Grace is the chief scientist for the Pisces VI deep sea research submarine. In 2019 she filmed the National Geographic documentary “The Secret of the Ocean”, where she explores connections between 300 million year old coral fossils and modern day reefs.

Grace has developed innovative technologies for MIT, CERN, and NASA. She also helped design, build, and test submersible and aerial robots for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that monitor marine protected areas, survey endangered species, and create 3D maps of marine habitats to better measure climate change.

You can learn more about Grace at www.graceunderthesea.com and follow her on Instagram @gracecalvertyoung and twitter @grace_h20.

A special thank you to my friend Brian Ferguson fromArena Labs for inviting me to the Cognitive Performers Summit with the Liminal Collective a few years back where I first met Grace.