Fresh Flours Featured Artists: Jess and Chris Newley, August 2013

Five years ago, Jess learned how to SCUBA dive and discovered the wonders of the world under the surface. Her life hasn’t been the same since. After working as a SCUBA diving instructor in Egypt and Mozambique, she moved back to the Pacific Northwest to earn a Master’s in Environmental Education at Western Washington University. When not chasing salmon around Washington’s many rivers, Jess is a Science Educator onboard the historic wooden sailboat S/V Orion. In December 2012, her image of Coho Salmon won a Seattle Times photograph of the year award.