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guardians, which is curriculum that lives online, to help educate people about sharks and move them from fear to fascination. we have camps for our kids, science at the sea where we bring kids out to the ocean. and then we have science on the move for those kids that can't get to the ocean, and we can bring the ocean to them. we also have development so that people can get what they need in this field and help connect people with other people that are doing research. >> this is opening up a field. being 45 years old, pursuing my degree later in life. >> that reminds me that anything i want to do is possible. >> what i hope is that one day minorities in shark sciences doesn't need to exist because barriers are eliminated. >> to learn more about organizations helping about shark conservation, visit cnn.com. or text message fins to donate.
the french open, djokovic winning. >> i like what djokovic said. he was like 36 is like 26, so we'll see what happens. we'll all be watching. we'll be right back. first, here's today's "impact your world." ♪ i'm a shark scientist. i very quickly became aware that there's not a lot of people like me in the field. we had this movement on twitter of black scientists with the hashtag black in nature. we said we should start a club. minorities in shark science's mission is to change the culture so people from historically excluded groups participate in marine science. we have programs like our gill guardians, which is curriculum that lives online to help
the hashtag black in nature. when we started talking we said we should start a club. minorities in shark science's mission is to change the culture so that people from historically excluded groups participate in marine science. we have programs like our gill guardians which is curriculum that lives online to educate people about sharks and move them from fear to fascination. we have camps for our kids. science at the sea, where we bring kids out to the ocean. then we have science on the move for those kids that can't get it the ocean. and we can bring the ocean to them. we also have professional development so people can get very specific skills that they need to be successful in this field and help connect people with other people that are doing research. >> this opened a lot of doors that i didn't think were feasible. being 45 years old, pursuing my degree later in life. >> anything i want to do is
Jaida N. Elcock, who is working toward her PhD in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Woods Hole, is young, Black, female and passionate about sharks. In May last year, Ms. Elcock and three other Black female shark researchers who had never met watched an online video seen all over the country of a white woman threatening to call the police on Black bird watcher Christian Cooper in New Yorkâs Central Park. As a result of that incident, these four shark researchers found each other through #BlackinNature on Twitter. One of the four women joked that they should start a club for Black women in shark science, which is currently a white male-dominated field.