Author: clairevanvalkenburg

St. Croix 360 shares news about the St. Croix River. This article speaks on Echo’s new Miss Mermaid Wisconsin title and how she is using it to promote aquatic conservation. Click here to read the story.

Little Things is a viral video creator with a mission to, “share with you the most amazing, touching, funny and inspirational stories from around the world.” They featured Mermaid Echo in a recent video about weird jobs where you can see her swimming with friends Mermaid Syphira and Mermaid Madison!  Click here to watch the video.

St. Croix 360 shares news about the St. Croix River. Editor in Chief and founder of the news platform, Greg Seitz, interviewed Mermaid Echo about her mission to protect her river home. Click here to read the story.

Hudson Star-Observer reporter Rebecca Mariscal interviewed Mermaid Echo about her goals for her small business, Mermaid Echo Entertainment. Echo talks about how she got started in the mermaid community and why she decided to launch a business at 19-years-old. Click here to read the story. 

Student journalist Alanna Conley interviewed Mermaid Echo for a school project with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The Fall 2016 issue of Moda Magazine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s fashion and lifestyle magazine, featured Mermaid Echo as the cover model. Click here to read the story.

Echo’s good friend and college roommate, Claire Kreiger, wrote a profile story on how Mermaid Echo got started in the mermaid community, and what sparked her passion for mermaiding and conservation education.

 

Claire VanValkenburg (a.k.a. Mermaid Echo) writes about what life is like as a professional mermaid for Madison’s own Tab Wisconsin. Click here to read the story.