Carrie Caignet is a Florida native and a Maritime Historian with a passion for the sea.  She has worked on the water for most of her life as a marine mammal trainer, SCUBA Instructor and Naturalist on Florida’s Gulf Coast in the Florida Keys and abroad.

She is a lifelong learner herself and has studied the fields of marine biology, psychology and history. In addition to teaching for the Lifelong Learning Center of the Florida Keys, she is LLCFK’s program coordinator who works behind the scenes to coordinate curiculum, manage the website and supports our instructors as well as the  Advisory Council.

“Learning is a journey and not a destination. It allows us to explore the world, ourselves and how the two correlate.”

Carrie attended Eckerd College and studied the humanities with a focus on local history and folk life.  Since 2001, she has worked as a Curator and Director of museums and historic attractions as well as a consultant on heritage tourism, collections management and technology with a variety of organizations including:

• Cape Cod Museum of Natural History         
• Florida Keys History of Diving Museum
• Florida Keys Shipwreck Museum 
• Florida Maritime Heritage Association
• NAUI Worldwide
• US Fish and Wildlife Service                    
• Spanish Main Treasure Company             
• St. Petersburg Museum of History
• SS American Victory Museum Ship          
• Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary                   

She is a charter member of the Florida Maritime Heritage Association and is currently working on documenting oral history of those who work in maritime trades throughout Florida.