Barbara Vidal

I come from a maritime family since my grand father. He was Chief Engineer, my father Master Captain, my mother stewardess... we have also always own a sailboat out of wood, were I have lived in my childhood called Nausicaa (32ft). Later we’ve change to a bigger one called Puedo Mas (52ft). I can proudly say I was made and born at the sea, and feel very connected to it. I studied law at university in Barcelona, and I did my LLB and my LLM. I also have the STCW certificates to work at sea. I have lived in many countries and speak fluently english, spanish, german and catalan. My next goal is to specialize in Maritime Law of Ocean and Sea Conservation and help with all my knowledge to protect the oceans and the seas all around the world, but specially in Spain, where the coasts suffer of loads of contamination and uncontrolled fishing due to our lack of effective regulation and the amount of tourism. Nowadays, I work as a Lawyer in Sitges (Barcelona) during the year, and in summers as a passanger stewardes on ferries. My free time I like to spend it at the beach or on my sailboat.