Evy Mansat Gros

Sep 11, 2024 | blog.nature.org | Justine E Hausheer |Bebe Crouse |Corinna Riginos |Evy Mansat Gros |Evy Mansat Gros

This story is part of a series designed to introduce the perspectives of alumni from The Nature Conservancy and the National Geographic Society’s global youth externship program. Each guest author is an emerging leader in conservation and storytelling. I am just one of many blue mussels living in the Conwy estuary, clinging to the rocks underwater as the current flows above me. For many years, I have watched the sunlight shimmer through the surface and light up my world down below.