National Geographic Explorer, Aquanaut & Ocean Engineer Grace C. Young

National Geographic Explorer Grace C. Young is an aquanaut, sailor, diver and ocean engineer. Currently, she's a lead scientist at X, Alphabet's Moonshot Factory where her team is creating radical new technologies to protect the ocean while feeding humanity sustainably.   Grace is a former ballerina and studied Mechanical & Ocean Engineering at MIT and did her PhD at Oxford as a Marshal Scholar. In 2014, she lived underwater for 15 days as part of Fabian Cousteau's Mission 31. You can learn more about Grace at www.graceunderthesea.com and follow her on Instagram @gracecalvertyoung and twitter @grace_h20.  A special thank you to my friend Brian Ferguson from Arena Labs and the Liminal Collective for first introducing me to Grace. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and give us a five-star rating in the iTunes store. If you'd like to suggest a guest or send feedback about something new or different you'd like to hear on the show, please email me at [email protected] and you can also catch me on Instagram @hardwaypod. You are what you overcome. Choose the Hard Way.