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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Isabella DeFrancesco, Surfrider Foundation’s Northeast Regional Manager, joined Patrick Little and Lee Dooley in this edition of Saltwater Sessions.
DeFrancesco is responsible for leading and growing Surfrider Foundation chapters in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine.
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During the conversation, we learned she grew up in a surfing community and has been active and passionate about beaches and oceans since childhood. Her focus at Surfrider is in grassroots advocacy, volunteer organizing, and strategic environmental communications, and her dynamic personality and drive have been key to the recent successes of the nonprofit’s local chapters…