Ellen J. Prager, Ph.D. has spend the last two decades immersed, often literally, in marine science. Formerly with the U.S. Geological Survey, she is well-published in scientific journals and public-oriented magazines. She is an active member of professional science organizations, frequently gives talks at national meetings, and is a Fellow of the Explorer's Club. Recently, during a week-long mission in the underwater habitat, Aquarius 2000 in the Florida Keys, she was interviewed on NBC's "Today" show, wrote dispatches online for MSNBC, and worked with the National Geographic Society.

Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D. called "Her Deepness" by the "New York Times" and "The New Yorker", is a marine biologist, ocean explorer, author, lecturer, Chairman of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, spokesperson for Sea Web and the first woman to serve as the Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In recent years she has become an internationally known champion for ocean conservation and currently serves as explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society.

While Shennen Bersani is an award-winning children's book illustrator with 2 million copies of her books cherished and read by children, parents, and teachers throughout the world. Her art delivers a unique blend of realism, heartfelt emotion, love of nature, and life lessons for children of all ages. She has illustrated Once Upon an Elephant, Salamander Season; Sea Slime: It's Eeuwy, Gooey and Under the Sea; The Shape Family Babies; Animal Partners; Shark Baby; Home in the Cave; The Glaciers are Melting!; and Astro: The Steller Sea Lion for Arbordale. In 2015, Shennen made her debut as an author with Achoo! Why Pollen Counts. Shennen lives with her family near Boston.