Leonardo Berninsone is a biologist from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), and currently a student at Università di Bologna (Italy). He has been involved in research and conservation of marine mammals as well as seabirds, sea turtles and artisanal fisheries along the coast of Buenos Aires Province during the last decade. He has also been an assistant intern at the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida (USA). Currently, he is Project Leader at Fundacion AquaMarina. His interest is to link science with community, focusing both on research and environmental education.