Community Letter of Support

Community Supporters

• Victoria Lambert, Capay Gold Olive Oil
• Crystal gonzalez, Community Member
• Max Afifi, Oregon Health & Science University
• Javier Aguayo, Community Member
• Joseph Alameda, Community Member
• Jack Alber, Aquarium fan
• Heather Alcantar, Community Member
• Alexis Reyes Alexis Reyes, Aquarium enjoyer
• Andrew Allio, UAW 4811 & UCSC
• Monica Alonso, Community Member
• Damien Alvarez, Community Member
• Shane Anderson, AFSCME - Cultural Workers United
• Lorato Anderson, Community Member
• Marie Angel, CalAcademy Workers United, SEIU 1021
• Tasmin Annandale, Community Member
• Yzabel Arambulo, Community Member
• Drew Arroyo, UA LOCAL 393
• Leila Ashman, Former Employee
• Christine Aviles, Community Member
• MATTHEW BISPO, Community Member
• Bethany B
• Amanda B, Community Member
• Mona Badr, Former community member
• Amy Baiz, Community Member
• Kadee Barrett, Former Employee
• Athena Barrios, Former Employee
• Ann Beilby , UNAC
• Christina Beilby, Community Member
• Giles Beilby, Community Member
• Nathaniel Beilby, Community Member
• Lindsey Bell, 542 Sloat Avenue
• Alejandra Beltran, Visitor
• Maria Beltran, Community Member
• Ben Bence , Former Employee
• David Bendit, Friend of the aquarium
• Anneke Benison, Community Member
• Andres Benito-Yanez, Community Member
• Audrey Bensching, AFSCME
• Jessica Black, Long time visitor
• Caleb Blevins, Personal
• Gillian Blumer, Community Member
• Alesha Bonner, Community Member
• Eric Bostwick, Community Member
• Ariel Bott, IATSE Local 16
• Taylor Brandi, Community Member
• Fernando Bribiesca, Union Member
• Lindsay Brown, Community Member
• Chloe Brown, Former Employee
• Avery Brumfield, Community Member
• Kaycey Bui, CAPS, UAW Local 1115
• Peter Burke, Community Member
• Amtioj CHopra, Aquarium Member
• Paulina Cadena, Community Member
• Talia Cadena, Community Member
• Jeremy Cai, Community Member
• Josh Calabrese, UA Local 62
• Ryan Calabrese, FMB
• Liam Carolan, Union Member
• Amber Carter, Community Member
• Delaney Carter, Aquarium fan and online supporter
• James Cates, Community Member
• Tyler Centers, Community Member
• Omar Cerna, Aquarium Member
• Elisabeth Chandler, Community Member
• Sean Chase, Denver Art Museum Workers United
• Rachael Chavez, Community Member
• Rowan Cheng, Aquarium Member
• Chloe Stickler Chloe Stickler, Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Jimin Choi, Community Member
• Hannah Chou, Community Member
• Nicolas Christison, Community Member
• Michael Civiello, IBEW local 1245
• Charles Clarke, Business Owner
• Christina Clauss, Aquarium Member
• Randall Coaquira, Oakland Bay Uniged
• Brian Coelho, Creative Visions Ink
• Eboni Colbert, Community Member
• Erin Cole, Exploratorium Union
• Mariko Conner, Community Member
• Anjie Cook, Community Member
• Hanika Cook, Community Member
• Leslie Cook, Aquarium supporter
• Nikolus Cook, Community Member
• Christina Cook, Community Member
• Jesse Cordero
• Olivia Correa, Tourist
• Eduardo Cortez
• Connor Courtney , UCW-CWA
• Hannah Cox, Community Member
• Corey Cox, Aquarium visitor
• Dana Crapo, Aquarium Member
• Alex Cregan, Community Member
• Leticia Crespo, Community Member
• Allison Crespo, Community Member
• Quinn Crook, Aquarium Member
• Ferris Crosby, Former Employee
• Rachel Crovello, Community Member
• Camrin Dannelly, Community Member
• Mauna Dasari, Cal Academy Workers United, SEIU 1021
• Jack Davies, Community Member
• Brian Davis, UPTE
• Mindy Day, Aquarium Member
• David DeMers, Community Member
• Joseph DePrez, Community Member
• David Dean, Community Member
• Robin Demma, Aquarium Member
• Alexandra Diakos, Aquarium Member
• Brandon Diniz, PVFT
• Greg Dison, Community Member
• Amber Dodd, Community Member
• Tom Doom, Grandparent
• Erin Doran, Community Member
• Sylvie-Marie Drescher , Community Member
• Faye Duan, Community Member
• Loretta Duncan, Community Member
• Grace Dunlevy , Community member
• Louie Dunn, Affiliated with aquarium employee
• Westy Durant , Community Member
• Paul Dykstra, Community Member
• Kelly Eakin, Aquarium Member
• James Ebben, SEIU
• Romina Edber, Community Member
• Amara Eger, Community Member
• Emma Humphries Emma Humphries, Union Member
• Angel Esparza , Community Member
• Nicole Everling, Community Member
• Ash F, Guest
• Christopher Fairchild, Aquarium Member
• Tanya Farahani, Community Member
• Allyson Faurot, Former Employee
• Gary Ferraris, AFSCME Council 57
• Victoria Firl, Community Member
• Alrik Firl
• Brent Fish, Birch Aquarium
• Robin Fishman, Community Member
• Joey Flegel-Mishlove, Community Member
• Jadyn Flores, Community Member
• Irwin Flores, Community Member
• Christian Flores, Community Member
• Carmen Flores, Aquarium Member
• Amanda Floyd, Community Member
• Robert Foreman, Community Member
• Jess Fournier, UAW 4811
• Graham Freeman, Community Member
• Michael Friedrich, Community Member
• Alexander Funchess, Funchess Labs
• Hannah G, Aquarium lover
• Tania Garcia-Cadena , Supporter
• Kirby Garcia, Shedd Workers United
• Alvaro Garcia, Community Member
• Anwyn Gatesy-Davis, Community Member
• Salma Geneidy, Union Member
• Michele Gibbons, Community Member
• Shannon Gilb, Community Member
• Leslie Gill, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
• Joaquin Giraldo-Laguna, Community Member
• Brendan Glass, Community Member
• Robb Godshaw, Exploratorium SEIU 1021
• Owen Goetze, AFSCME Local 3916
• Alona Golowaty, Community Member
• Tina Gomez , Former Employee
• Phillip Gonchee, Mr
• Monica Gonzalez, Community Member
• Yvonne Gonzalez, Former Aquarium Member
• Julissa González, Community Member
• Zina Goodall, SEIU 1021
• Maeve Gormly , Aquarium member, AFSCME local 2620 member
• Angelica Gorospe, Union Member
• Ivan Granados, Community Member
• Yonatan Greenberg, Citizen
• Kevin Grether, IATSE Local 611
• Graham Greving, Exploratorium
• Rebecca Gross, UAW 4811, Santa Cruz
• Catherine Gruber, Community Member
• Lauren Gutierrez-Brown, Community Member
• Eleanor Hand-thoennes, Community Member
• Christi Harris, Community Member
• Sullivan Hart, IWW
• Stephanie Hart, Friend
• Erin Hart
• Alexander Hashimoto , Former Employee
• Andrea Hatakeyama, Community Member
• Chris Haverick, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
• Cooper Heberer, Community Member
• Hector Hector Carrera, US NAVY
• Whitney Hegg, Aquarium Member
• Raymond Henkel , Community Member
• Chris Herman, Community Member
• Karina Hernandez, AFSCME local 3299
• James Hlywiak
• Ha Thanh Ho, Santa Clara County
• Hao Ho, Community Member
• Jay Holland, Former Employee
• Wil Holmes, Previous volunteer docent
• Alexander Holmstrom, None
• Olivia Howell, Community Member
• Catalina Huang, Community Member
• Angela Hungenberg, Community Member
• Rowan Hutchinson, Community Member
• Hue Huynh
• Thuy Dung Huynh, Community Member
• Cindy Hyatt, Former Employee
• Michael Ibarra, Community Member
• Olivia Irons, SEIU 1021 Exploratorium Chapter
• Henry Irwin, Community Member
• Hunter Isbell, Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Ivan Gonzalez Ivan Gonzalez, Community Member
• Jackman Jackman Eschenroeder
• Arlette Jacome, SEIU 1021
• Paolo Jasa, Pratt Workers United
• Joe Jeffries, Former Employee
• Jesse Foster Jesse Foster, Community Member
• Dereje Jima, UA local 393
• Caitlin Jimenez, Community Member
• Katherine Johnson-Rogers, UAW 4811, Santa Cruz
• Erin Johnson, Community Member
• Sarah Johnson, Community Member
• Anjoli Johnson, Aquarium Member
• Michaela Johnson, Community Member
• Natalie Johnston , Former Employee
• Michael Johnston, Volunteer
• Mara Johnstone, Community Member
• Joseph Jones, Aquarium Member
• Jessica Juico, Community Member
• Anka KAREWICZ , Omni commons
• Isabel Kain, UAW 4811
• Michelle Kaiser, Former Employee
• Julie Kanagy, Community Member
• Nicholas Keener, UCSC
• Yulia Khvan, Community Member
• Sonny Knaub, Former Employee
• Anna Koski, Community Member
• Natalie Kramm, CalAcademy Workers United
• Janene Kuan, Aquarium Member
• Dylan Kuhlmann-Haley, Community Member
• Yin Min Kyi, Cultural Workers United
• KYNDAL LEAL, FAMILY MEMBER
• ANABELLE LEAL, Family member
• MICHELLE LEAL, Family member
• Sara Lagan, Community Member
• Victoria Langlands, CalAcademy Workers United/SEIU 1021
• Christian Laoagan, Community Member
• Erik Larsen, Community Member
• Katherine Lauck, UC Davis
• Sam Lawrence, Dilles Law Group, LLC
• Chloe Lawson, Community Member
• Benjamin LeRoy, Community Member
• Allison Le, Monterey County Behavioral Health
• Eduardo Leal, Community Member
• Joseph Leal, Family Member
• Kali Lee, Visitor
• Jay Leedy, Community Member
• Lindsay Lemmer, AFT 223
• Noelani Leong, SEIU 512
• Lily Lequang
• Emilye Lewin, DSA SF Labor Board
• Ian Lewis, Local 393
• Paul Ligorski, Former Employee
• Kayleigh Limbach, Community Member
• Beck Lindner, Aquarium Member
• Marley-Vincent Lindsey, CWA 1032
• Jord Liu, Exploratorium
• Emma Loftis, Community Member
• Nicola Long, Monterey Bay Teachers Association
• James Long, Aquarium Member
• Vanessa Lopez, Former Employee
• Rudy Lopez, Community Member
• Abby Lopez, Aquarium Member
• Benjamin Lopez, Community Member
• Maleah Losito, Oakland Secret, llc
• Emily Louie, Friend
• Nat Low, Cal Academy Workers United/SEIU 1021, and Former MBA contractor
• Morgan Lowry, Aquarium Member
• Elizabeth Ludwig
• Savannah Lunt, Aquarium Member
• Dominique Lupisan, CSU Monterey Bay
• Jamee Lynch-Moore, MBTA
• Alison Lynch, Aquarium Member
• Ayesha M, PYM
• Artemis M, Aquarium Member
• Saige Madden, Community Member
• Sherry Maguire, Employee parent
• T.R. Malcom, Cal Academy Workers United
• Mckenna Maness, Community Member
• Paola Martinez, Community Member
• Mike Matessa, Community Member
• Colin Matheson, Carmel Unified School District
• Nadia Matrosova Khalil , Community Member
• Elizabeth Matz, N/A
• Gwendolyn Matz, Community Member
• Elizabeth Matz, Community Member
• Lauren McAuliffe
• Erin McClain Beck, University of Pennsylvania
• Shannon McEntee, Community Member
• Thomas McFadden, Community Member
• Pamela McFadden, Family Member
• Ellie McKenna, Community Member
• Antonio Mecalco, Community Member
• Maya Megret, Aquarium Member
• Andi Mellon, SEIU 1021
• Lorenzo Mena, University of Utah
• Ben Meyers, Community Member
• Robert Michalski, Robert Michalski
• Jessica Miller , Aquarium Member
• Kathleen Miller, Community Member
• Monica Molina, Community Member
• Tritia Moneypenny, Former Employee
• Emma Monroe, Community Member
• Andrea Montiel de Shuman, Independent
• Christine Morales , Former Employee
• Alistair Morales, Community Member
• Francisco Morazan, Community Member
• Luis Moreno, Community Member
• Juan Mosquera , Former Employee
• Kyle Mundy, Former Employee
• Maria Munguia, Community Member
• Sarah Murphy, Community Member
• Arya Natarajan, Community Member
• Raúl Nava, Former Employee
• Julia Nee, Exploratorium
• Shannon Neilson, Long time Aquarium Member
• Amy Nelson, Former Aquarium Member & Star Trek Fan
• Jay Neuner, Community Member
• Eric Ng, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• Khoa Nguyen, Community Member
• Dana Nguyen
• Ann Nguyen
• Arianne Nguyen, Aquarium Member
• Thu Nguyen, Community Member
• Tucker Noia, Community Member
• Charles Nye, Former Employee
• Corinne O'Bryan, I work in higher education
• John OHalloran, Community Member
• Meilin Obinata, Community Member
• Aidan Olander, Community Member
• Emory Olander, Community Member
• Heidi Olson, Community Member
• David Ontiveros, 393 Plumbers and Steam fitters
• Danny Ortega , Community Member
• Marnie Overfield, Community Member
• Lanie Overton, Community Member
• Patricia Paisley , Community Member
• Daniel Palacio, Aquarium Member
• Sherry Palacios, self
• Melissa Palmisciano, Community Member
• Westly Pannell
• Nora Parkman, Visitor
• Elise Parkman, Community Member
• Morgan Partida, random guy from the other side of the country
• Emily Patchin, Former Employee
• Ness Patti, Shedd Workers United
• Priscilla Patton, Community Member
• Leshanta Perera, California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO
• Eli Perkins, Community Member
• Katy Peterson, Community Member
• Nadine Peyrucain, AFSCME CA Retirees Chapter 57
• Can Phan , Retired Probation officer
• Quinn Phan, Aquarium Member
• Hanna Phan, Community Member
• Hanh Phan, Community Member
• Chris Pilson, AFSCME C57 L101
• Julia Pitts, Trekkie
• Jessica Pompa, .
• Alejandrina Poole, MBTA
• Marina Power, Community Member
• Kaelan Prime, Visitor
• Daniel Quackenbush, Community Member
• Katie Quan, RealSoul
• Ronan Quigley, Community Member
• Emily Quinn , Former aquarium member
• Holly Quinones, Community Member
• Lilianna Quintana, Community Member
• Santiago Quintero, Aquarium Member
• Brendan Quirk, Community Member
• Jennifer Racoosin, Community Member
• Ned Raggett, Aquarium Member
• Viviana Raker, Community Member
• Phil Ramey, Exploratorium
• Francisco Ramirez, Community Member
• JonJohn Ramos, Community Member
• Noah Ramsey, Community Member
• Ryan Randall, Community Member
• Alexander Ray, Alexander Ray
• Candace Reid-Rose, Former Employee
• Sandra Reid, Community Member
• Arman Rezvani, Community Member
• Autumn Ricketts, Community Member
• Nathan Riera, Community Member
• Jennifer Rigney, Former Employee
• Jen Rimoldi, EDCEA AFSCME/LOCAL 1
• Sofia Rivas, UCSC
• Heidi Rivera
• Meg Robbins, Union Member
• Julio Robles, Community Member
• Miriam Rocek, Community Member
• Darrianna Rockholt , Shedd Workers United
• Kait Roelofs, Union Member
• Luke Rogers, Community Member
• Allisan Rogers, Community Member
• Wayne Rogers, Family member/ Aquatic lover of the Ocean and all the critters in it.
• Aya Rokeach, Community Member
• Hector Romero, IUPAT Local 272
• Tim Rooney, Community Member
• Mekella Rosas, Family member of employee
• Sophia Rose, Former Employee
• Andrew Rose, Community Member
• Holly Rosenblum, Calacademy Workers United
• Alex Ross, IATSE Local 631
• Julia Roth, Community Member
• Greg Rotter, California Academy of Sciences / Cal Academy Workers United, SEIU 1021
• Meg Rowntree, Visitor
• Shelby Rudolph, Community Member
• Iris Russell, Community Member
• Adam Rust, Monterey Fire Department
• KARI SERPA, Aquarium Member
• Yesenia Salas, Former Employee
• Emily Sanchez Reyes, Community Member
• Briana Sanford, Community Member
• Andrea Satterfield, Former Employee
• Alexander Sauer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Enjoyer and local Bay-Area-Quality-of-Life-Struggler-Despite-$150K+-Income
• Matthew Savoca, Community Member
• Madeline Schaffer , Community Member
• Lauren Schenck
• Savannah Schmidt, Community Member
• Gabe Schreiber, Afscme
• Jessica Scoppettone, Community Member
• Mark Sebarrotin, Community Member
• Marrok Sedgwick, Community Member
• Ali Seidel , Community Member
• Ashley Shaffer, Community Member
• Lisa Shakachite, Community Member
• Ryan Shannon, AFSCME
• Bodie Shargel, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee
• Sam Shark Land, Exploratorium
• Kate Shepherd, Former Employee
• Maggie Sheppard, Former Employee
• David Sherman, Former Employee
• Sophie Shiba, Concerned citizen
• Zoe Shoats, Former Employee
• Roland Shorter, Former Employee
• Ashley Siemensma, MBTA
• Eileen Sigourney , Community Member
• Jesse Silva, Community Member
• Leela Sinha, Business Owner
• Jamie Skillen, Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Kim Smith, Aquarium Member
• Kiana Smith, Former Community Member & Aquarium Supporter
• Liz Smith, State Parks, CSUMB
• Heather Smith, citizen
• Elliot Smith, Community Member
• Calista Snider, Zookeeper in another state
• Ludivina Snow, Aquarium visitor
• Rachel Sobel, Community Member
• Jovanni Soto, Community Member
• Robert Spadoni, Aquarium Member
• Kyrie St.John, Community Member
• Mika Stanard, Community Member
• Caitlin Stanton, DSA San Francisco, EWOC
• Anna Steiner, Community Member
• Stephanie Stephanie Sherman, Community Member
• Stephanie Spross Stephanie Spross, Former Employee
• Matthew Stephen, UPTE-CWA 9119
• Sasha Stephens, Community Member
• Emma Sturdevant, Exploratorium Union
• Summer Sullivan , UAW 4811
• Lauren Sullivan, Aquarium Member
• Matthew Sweeney, IBEW
• Cody T, Community Member
• Jacob Tamayo, Community Member
• Sasha Taurke, Community Member
• Jennifer Taylor, Community Member
• Matea Teal, Community Member
• Jasmine Terhall, City of San Diego
• Elizabeth Terhune, Union of American Dentists and Physicians
• My Le Thai, FMEA
• Jude Thayer, Community Member
• Alex Thibeau, Community Member
• Nicholas Thiemann, Family Member
• Catherine Thomas, Tourist
• Mary Thornton
• Robin Timoszyk, Public Employee Union Local 1/AFSCME
• Helen Tomolillo, Community Member
• Vittorio Tomolillo, Community Member
• Linda Toribio, Community Member
• Ivan Torres, The Exploratorium
• Ky Tran, Community Member
• Jo-Annie Tran, Community Member
• Hannah Trang, Aquarium Member
• Megan Tuennerman, Former Employee
• Elyse Tuennerman, Community Member
• Valerie Tures , Visitor
• Shin Umeda, Community Member
• Claire Umeda, Community Member
• Elayna Urosevic, Community Member
• Tina Vachovsky, Community Member
• Daisy Valdez, Aquarium Member
• Monica Valva, Visitor
• Emory Vanderveer
• Leah Vanek, Community Member
• Omar Vargas, FMSD
• Leslie Vasquez-Zhao, Community Member
• Hayden Ventrella, Community Member
• Maui Villapando, 1199 member
• Peter Vong, Local 393
• Jackson W, Community Member
• Evan W, Community Member
• Galayna Wade, Community Member
• Susan Wagner, Former Employee
• Kelsey Wallace, Union Member
• Michael Warriner, CTA
• Brian Weaver, Community Member
• Christina Webb, AFSCME Local 829
• Robyn Webb, Community Member
• Audrey Webb, Community Member
• Patrick Webster, Former Employee
• Jonah Weigand-Whittier, UAW 4811
• Jim Weill, Exploratorium
• Noah Weitz, Community Member
• Jon Wells , Aquarium Member
• Alec Weyrauch, Salinas Valley Health
• Thomas White, Former Employee
• Stephanie Widell, Community Member
• Reagan Wilke, Community Member
• Maegan Willan, Community Member
• Trinity Williams, Community Member and Aquarium Customer
• Ian Wilson, Aquarium Member
• Meredith Wisler, Wilson and Wisler, LLP
• Skylar Wolfe, Former Employee
• Cooper Wood, Aquarium Member
• Emmet Wozny, Online supporter :)
• Emily Wright, Community Member
• Bethany Yates, Aquarium Member
• Cole Young , Community Member
• Luke Young, LIUNA/UPEC Local 792
• Amadeo Zelaya, Community Member
• Kaleo Zhu, New York University
• Joseph Ziebron, Community Member
• Amanda Zonghi, Community Member
• Jamie Zumaran, Community Member
• Jacob Zwart, Community Member
• tracey flores, Community Member
• robert lopez jr, Community Member
• alexa martin, UCSC
• ashley miao
• Carlos reyes, Former Employee