Background
Welch, Martha Lynn Daughter of Margaret Melvina Sandifer and Richard Charles O'Connell.
Welch, Martha Lynn Daughter of Margaret Melvina Sandifer and Richard Charles O'Connell.
Bachelor in Environmental Studies, University North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1983. Master of Science in Education, Old Dominion University, 1996. Doctor of Education, Florida International University, 2004.
Assistant education, exhibits coordinator North Carolina Aquarium, Fort Fisher, 1984—1986. Owner, operator Manatee Tours, Inc., Islamorada, Florida, 1990—1993. Marine education specialist College William and Mary, Virginia Institute Marine Science, Gloucester Point, 1996—1997.
Field leader, instructor Audubon Florida, Miami, 1999—2003. Director education Florida Flora and Fauna, Inc., Hutchinson island, since 1999. Consultant School District Palm Beach County, Florida, since 2002.
Adjunct professor Palm Beach State College, since 2008.
Member of National Science Teachers Association (associate), Florida Association Science Teachers, National Marine Education Association (associate), National Audubon Society, Florida Marine Science Education Association, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married John Tyler Welch II, August 28, 1987.