Penny spends half her time as a MSc student studying Porphyra in the Resource Mangement and Environmental Studies program and the other half studying Porphyra on Gabriola Island. Her continued involvement with First Nation fishery departments gives her a unique perspecitive on marine biology and how important business and policy are to functioning in the real world. Thus she returned to school to take courses and to finally get back into the field. She likes taking photos of seaweed, musicians, babies, fog/mist, and her dog.