Our Team

Kayli’s long time quest has been to connect people with the natural world around them. With an outdoor education background beginning in 2013 she has taught a variety of subjects from long distance hiking and oceanography, to leading native flora and fauna walks for kids. Later she became a certified yoga practitioner deepening her connection to the body, soul and earth. When the pandemic hit, Kaylis life took a watery turn and she dove headfirst into freediving, spearfishing and yes, surfing!

Since 2021 she has been teaching surf lessons, first for Ossies Surf Shop then with NW Women’s Surf Camps and most recently starting Sea People Surf Eduction to create another point for immersive ocean experiences for people of the Pacific Northwest.

She is inspired by the diving women of Jeju and other women who forge ahead, connecting with the earth and opening the eyes of others to the magic that lies all around them. (Easkey Britton, Sharon Blackie, Terry Tempest Williams, Lauren Hill, and many, many others.)

When not teaching, you can find her in the ocean (surfing or spearfishing), reading, living in time with the seasons and foraging wild foods with her partner in Newport, Oregon.

Favorite Quote “What I am doing, isn't a job; I'm on a quest and a quest which is deeply in alignment with my values,  a quest in which who I am informs what I do.”- Sharon Blackie