Tennessee Aquarium
Tigris Nevans currently serves as a Grant Compliance Coordinator and Guest Engagement Educator at the Tennessee Aquarium, starting in November 2022. Prior experience includes roles as an Educator at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership from May 2021 to October 2022, and as a Line Cook at Southern Squeeze from July 2020 to February 2021. Tigris also worked as a Personal Assistant at Louisa Guild Jewelry from August 2019 to April 2020, and as a Data Entry Specialist at Eckerd College while assisting in organizing data related to ecosystem services in Thailand. An English Language Teacher for the Spanish Department of Education and Sports from October 2018 to June 2019, Tigris holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has previously attended Eckerd College and Girls Preparatory School.
Tennessee Aquarium
Located on the banks of the Tennessee River in Chattanooga and surrounded by the natural beauty of the mountains, the Tennessee Aquarium tells the story of the river – following the path of a raindrop from the streams of an Appalachian Forest to the Gulf of Mexico – from the mountains to the sea. Although the Aquarium has grown in size and in animal population since it’s opening in 1992, its story and its mission as a private, non-profit institution have remained the same; ‘to inspire wonder, appreciation and protection of water and all life that it sustains.’