Born in Washington, D.C., Martha Strawn has traveled the world, studying, teaching, giving lectures and professional exhibitions. Her professional credentials are very diversified and include art, photography, research and writing. She is an expert on alligators and crocodiles and has published extensively about them; also on India and religion. She has given dozens of exhibitions, throughout this country (one in the Harn Museum in Gainesville) including Hawaii, and also Africa and India. Lectures and workshops have also taken her all across the U.S. as well as India, Malaysia and Australia. Other professional activities have taken her to Japan and England. Thus, Martha brings a load of professional experience to our advisory board. She also has experience with Our Santa Fe River, being a co-founder back in 2007 during the bottling plant threat. She has also been a past member of the Board of Directors. She lives on the banks of the Santa Fe River and also maintains a residence in North Carolina.
