Author Cathy J. Sakas - Educator/Producer/Naturalist/Author Cathy's love of water began at birth on Virginia's southern Chesapeake Bay. She is happiest in, on or under water - salt, fresh or brackish. With a BS in Biology and MEd in Science, her career has been as naturalist/guide and producer, writer, host, and narrator of TV nature documentaries and now author. Cathy worked with NOAA Gray's Reef NMS as an ocean science educator, scientific diver, certified submersible pilot, and Aquanaut. Passionate about protecting our ocean and coast, she serves locally on several NGO boards and as Biologist-at-the-Design-Table for SCAD's Biomimicry Class. In her spare time, she sings for a local band, The World Famous Crabettes. With husband Christopher Morris she lives in the Treehouse he built in the woods along with wild animals and a few cats. They also spend time at their cozy beach-chic cottage on Tybee Island called Cottage of the Octopus Lair.