I am a passionate science education researcher with deep interest in conservation education at zoos and aquariums. When I started my career as a marine biologist in Brazil I built a researcher identity but also loved to share my passion for learning with people at tide pools. As a learning researcher now, I am interested in understanding how people come to care about the ocean and how worldviews and environmental values surface in dialogue during learning experiences. To achieve this, research is better done in co-creation with communities and using environmental critical literacy lenses to understand what matters to diverse groups, why and how.