Meet Our 2024 Girls Who Click Ambassadors
Alyson Yates (She/Her) is a 21 year old multidisciplinary photographer specializing in conservation, creative portraiture, and science communications. She studied agriculture and animal science at Oregon State University and is now pursuing a graduate education in wildlife conservation and management…
Aztrid Novillo is a wildlife filmmaker based in Svalbard. Love and respect for nature has always been her strongest guide and inspiration in life. Mixing her background as an architect and urban planner, together with wildlife filmmaking, Aztrid follows a path towards creating awareness of our interactions with other species and the effects of our settlements…
Brooke McDonough is a Richmonda, VA based conservation photographer, filmmaker, and writer. She is particularly passionate about insect conservation and how human-built landscapes impact conservation issues. Brooke is a National Geographic Explorer and a recipient of National Geographic’s Second Assistant grant…
Céline Bouquet is a wildlife photographer and filmmaker based in the French Alps. She graduated with a Master’s degree in Photography and has completed a semester in Wildlife Documentary to specialize further. Her deep appreciation for nature has driven her to advocate for the environment through her artistic projects…
Chelsey Schartz (she/her) is a passionate wildlife conservation photographer, filmmaker, and marketing manager hailing from a small town in Kansas. With a deep commitment to conservation, she uses her artistic skills to spread awareness and inspire change through visual storytelling…
Chelsie is a filmmaker, and photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Inspired by the intricate connection between people and the Earth, her work spans from science and conservation to adventure, travel, and daily life. Recently, she contributed as an assistant camera and gear manager for River Road Films’ upcoming series, “Shared Planet.”
Emily Baker (She/Her) is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Bristol, with a Masters in Wildlife Filmmaking from the University of the West of England. She currently uses storytelling as a way to communicate our diverse relationships with the natural world and explore complex humanitarian issues through the lens of nature…
Francesca (she/her) is a British award-winning wildlife Photographer, Fine Are Painter, Illustrator, Open Water Scuba Instructor, Freediver and writer passionate about using her creative skills to create change. She seeks to raise awareness through the power of creativity documenting the human damage to our natural world…
Guadalupe Ludmila Gardetti is a wildlife and nature photographer from Argentina. After studying Creative Photography in her hometown she has been traveling and living in different parts of the world with an interest in exploring different ecosystems, discovering new things and enjoying great adventures outdoors…
Heidy Camargo, a Panamanian Naval and Mechanical Engineer, nurtured a lifelong passion for nature since childhood. Despite her engineering background, her dream of becoming a biologist persisted. Now, dedicating all her free time to wildlife, especially birds, she combines her skills as a wildlife photographer…
Jessica Haley (She/Her) is a wildlife photojournalist and bear specialist in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). As a storyteller, her work focuses on human-wildlife interactions, mainly in National Parks. She started working with bears as a wildlife technician for the Yosemite Bear Management program in 2014 and has spent the last nine years working with wildlife in California and the GYE…
Maggie is a marine scientist, diver, and conservation storyteller based in Seattle. The first time she took a camera underwater, a wave of calm and excitement washed over her and it has kept her frequenting the coasts ever since…
Maureen Gathoni (she/her) is a 20-year-old tour guide and passionate wildlife photographer from Laikipia, Kenya. She has volunteered at Ol Pejeta Conservancy as a photographer and field assistant. Beside from photography, she is also a climate activist…
Sudha Surendran is a physics graduate and nature-photogrpaher from Kerala, India. Currently, a home maker and a mother of one-year-old daughter, Vaishnavi, Sudha has been attracted to the beauty of nature since childhood…
Tiffany is a wildlife photographer and naturalist guide based in both the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Southern Alaska. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from Florida State University and moved to Jackson shortly thereafter to explore the mountain west through the lens of her camera…
Topo Gaesemodimo is a 20-year-old lady from Seronga in Botswana. She is very passionate about nature photography and she started photography at Junior school, taking pictures of fellow students. Her favorite subjects to capture are flowers because of their beautiful variety of colors…
Alejandra has a PhD in Computational Chemistry but her life has been marked by her love for birds and nature. From science, her studies have been related to solutions for climate change. Recently she decided to become a nature photographer, especially of birds, her greatest obsession…
Alicia (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary conservation storyteller based in Bristol, UK. She has a degree in Biological Sciences from Oxford University, and a Master’s in Wildlife Filmmaking from UWE. She works as a researcher at the BBC NHU in children’s TV, as well as working on a variety of creative conservation freelance projects…
Ana Sapp (she/her) is a graduate student working in the lab of Dr. Ivana Mali at North Carolina State University, where her research focuses on heavy metals associated with freshwater turtles in New Mexico and North Carolina. Most of her photography places reptiles and amphibians in the spotlight, although she also explores other taxa and portrait photography…
Andrea Sherry is a 19 year old wildlife photographer based in California. She is currently in college studying photography. Andrea has loved animals for as long as she can remember. She hopes to influence people to take action, and her camera is her instrument in helping make a difference in the world…
Beth Hotchkiss (she/her) uses her camera to appreciate nature and inspire action! Beth currently works as an information officer for the California Conservation Corps where she amplifies the voices of young adults making a positive impact on our planet. In her free time, Beth enjoys drinking tea, petting cats that aren’t hers, and performing improv comedy.
Chelsea Mayer (She/Her) grew up in Huntington Beach, California, and attended UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. For several years, she worked on whale watching boats in southern California as a wildlife photographer. After earning her captain’s license and divemaster certification, she began work on a liveboard boat specializing in scuba diving trips in the Channel Islands and great white shark cage diving at Guadalupe Island…
Emma’s (She/Her) goal is to build connections between people and wildlife using science communication tools including photography and storytelling. Her objective is to encourage more people to care about the Earth and, in turn, contribute to a more sustainable future for humans, wildlife, and natural ecosystems. She is a current master’s student at the University of Nebraska studying the coyote and badger hunting relationship in prairie dog colonies in grasslands across the west…
Hallie (She/Her) is a wildlife photographer, researcher and science communicator focusing on herps (reptiles and amphibians) and marine life. Her expertise is in crocodilians and predator ecology, which has been a driving force in her work on conservation. She is based in the United States but does work in the tropics. She hopes that her photography shows a different side of these animals than people are used to seeing in mainstream media.
Jo Davenport (She/Her) is a photographer and aspiring filmmaker, based in Bristol, UK, where she is currently completing a masters in Wildlife Filmmaking at UWE, in partnership with the BBC Natural History Unit. She has spent the last six years working as a lawyer in London, following an undergraduate degree in History & Politics…
Karabo Magakane (She/Her) is a 23 year old photographer from Bushbuckridge, Acornhoek in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. She is a photographer, a conservationist and a student pilot. She believes we need nature and without it we are doomed…
Katie Waddington grew up in the South-West of France where her fascination with wildlife started. As a child, the animals she would see the most were the ones in her garden. Insects have always been her main focus as they play a key role in our ecosystems and yet are so easily overlooked.
Laia is a nature photographer, guide and biologist based in Svalbard, with a background in Biology and Biotechnology who is currently studying to become a certified Arctic Nature Guide. Her interest lies in exploring different types of ecosystems, learning and discovering new things and enjoying great adventures surrounded by nature…
Lana Tannir (She/Her) is a nature photographer based in Germany. She specializes in conservation and animal welfare projects for organizations, editorials and sustainable brands. By merging storytelling with science, her objective is to shed light on the most pressing environmental issues today…
Lea Milde (She/Her) is a wildlife ecologist, conservationist, and nature photographer from Germany. She has a B.Sc. degree in Wildlife Management and a M.Sc. in Wildlife Ecology. These conservation related studies gave her incredible chances to work with wildlife all around the world, her camera always being her loyal companion…
Maddy (She/Her) is a fish/wildlife biologist, wildland firefighter, and conservation storyteller based in northern California. Her work as a biologist takes her into the backcountry to track California condors and snorkel in search of native fish populations…
Mya Van Woudenberg (She/Her) is a wildlife biologist turned visual storyteller based in coastal British Columbia on Lewungen territory. She is incredibly grateful to be living on the west coast among the towering cedars, eagles, bears and salmon…
Neo Mokoena, 21 years old, is currently in her second year of studying for her bachelor of education at the University of South Africa…
Nicole Holman (she/her) is a conservationist, storyteller, photographer and videographer in Tofino, British Columbia, within the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation. After completing an undergraduate degree in conservation biology, Nicole worked as a field researcher and managed local environmental NGOs on Vancouver Island…
Ningjing is an aspiring wildlife filmmaker, photographer, and writer from China. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Ecology and a master’s degree in Environmental Health Sciences from Yale University. Recently, she completed her second Master’s in Wildlife Filmmaking at UWE, in partnership with the BBC Natural History Unit…
Rylee (She/Her) is a 25 year old wildlife photographer from northern Utah. She graduated from Utah State University in 2019 with a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology & Management, and is currently working toward a Master’s degree in Biology at Norther Michigan University. Rylee spends her summers in Alaska following in the tracks of brown bears…
Sadie Hine (She/Her) is a 20 year old award winning photographer and continuing ambassador from Colorado. She is a student at Cal Poly Humboldt where she is majoring in wildlife biology. Most of her free time is spent exploring the incredible ecosystems of Northern California, looking for a variety of different subjects ranging anywhere from salamanders to owls to nudibranchs…
Viktoria Pezzei is a conservation photographer and photojournalist. Due to Pezzei’s academic background, she is particularly interested in communicating science to make meaningful research more accessible through visual language and storytelling. She strongly believes in sustainable education because people protect and value what is precious to them…