“Someone else is going to do it,” Dalilah Nativi had heard the excuse long enough. Nativi says she has always had a passion for marine conservation. The start of her advocacy for sea life began as young as fifth grade when she discovered her love for sea turtles and a friend’s love of whales. Together the young pair researched and worked with adults to host small cleanups. Nativi says, “We wanted to try to make an impact the way that we can.” Since then, her drive to make our world a safer and cleaner place has only grown. Riptide is the next step in Nativi’s long term goal to get more people involved in preservation of our wildlife. Years later when Nativi stumbled upon old papers about her original project goals, the idea of Riptide was born. She aims to continue to lead the project for the foreseeable future, with many ideas, outreach opportunities, and goals to come.