Cristina Zenato

Cristina Zenato Instagram – Day 4 Question 4
My Life Mantra
Exploration-Education-Conservation
Exploration: We are all explorers at heart; that’s how we are born, as children, curious, interested, and wanting to learn more.
I am an explorer of the unknown; I have been where no one else has been before in the depths and lengths of uncharted caves, but I am also an explorer of the known. When I started diving with sharks, the “known” was terrifying, and the information I received as the “knowledge” didn’t match the known ! was experiencing in direct contact with the sharks. So, I started to explore sharks’ behavior to find the truth about the incorrect “known” found out of the water.
Education: Once we find something we are interested in, we need to educate ourselves a lot. Reach out to others interested in the same field, conduct research, double-check facts, ask questions, and never settle on the first answer. Only once we are educated can we educate others. I love teaching above and below the water, not only about the realms of scuba diving but also about nature, life, and, in a way, about ourselves.
Conservation: Baba Rigum said it best in 1968: In the end, we will protect only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.
Conservation is a lifestyle for me, a daily work towards improving myself and my presence on this planet; conservation consists of small actions that might contribute to more significant results, from cleaning the beach or around a cave entrance to being the leader in the campaign that obtained the protection of sharks in the entire Bahamas.
These three elements overlap in my life, but they are constantly present, and they are the mantra I follow through my thoughts and actions.
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