Matt Rutledge, Sea Turtle Technician

Matt Rutledge joins us this year for his first season in the Caribbean. He is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from California University of Pennsylvania in 2014 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Studies with a Conservation Ecology focus. Matt interned with turtles, frogs, and the fascinating giant hellbender salamanders in Ohio and West Virginia in 2013. Matt worked with loggerhead sea turtles in Bald Head Island, North Carolina in 2014. When he is not working with reptiles and amphibians, some of Matt‘s hobbies include hiking, swimming, and reading.