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Brooke grew up in Fort Myers and developed her deep and abiding love of all things aquatic and marine in the Caloosahatchee and Gulf of Mexico. She received a bachelor’s in Environmental Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara. Brooke served in the Peace Corps twice, first in St Kitts and 20 years later in Fiji. In between she worked for National Audubon at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and then in California for 17 years in environmental education and on coastal restoration.
As her parents entered their later years, Brooke decided it was time to make her way back to Florida and was happy to find a position with Sarasota County’s Public Works/Stormwater division, working with a team to improve water quality and habitat. Brooke has served on the board of Sarasota Bay Watch, is a member of the Sarasota County sea turtle tagging team and the prescribed burn team. She spends many weekends on coastal cleanup dives and walking trails seeking birds.