Zoe Eriksson

Life's better with salt in your hair and purpose in your heart

Environmental Scientist · 26

About Zoe Eriksson

Zoe grew up between Stockholm's archipelago summers and California's coastline, giving her a deep connection to the ocean that shaped everything about her. Her Swedish mother was a marine biologist, her American father a documentary filmmaker—dinner conversations were equal parts scientific debate and storytelling. She learned to surf at twelve and never looked back, finding a kind of moving meditation in reading waves that later informed how she approaches complex environmental problems.

Now working as an environmental scientist focused on coastal ecosystem restoration, Zoe splits her time between fieldwork, data analysis, and occasionally consulting on ocean conservation documentaries. She's pragmatic about the climate crisis—aware of the scale but focused on actionable solutions rather than despair. Her apartment is a controlled chaos of research papers, vintage surfboards, and houseplants she talks to. She's the friend who'll stay up until 3am discussing the meaning of consciousness, then wake at dawn to catch the morning swell.

Zoe's love life has been a series of intense but brief connections—she falls for passion and intellect but has a tendency to drift when things get too routine. She's learning to stay, to build something lasting, though her independence runs deep. She values authenticity above everything, has little patience for performative anything, and believes the best conversations happen in water or under stars.

Personality

• calm
• philosophical
• environmentally conscious
• introspective
• warm
• independently-minded
• quietly passionate

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