Children play on rice sacks filled with plastic bottles that function as improvised float toys, along the coastline off of the fishing village of San Andres, Isla Verde. These waters belong to the Verde Island Passage, a body of water believed to be the center of the center of marine biodiversity in the world; marine scientists only recently discovered that the Philippine seas are home to more species of marine life, including corals, than anywhere else on Earth, a vital sanctuary that helps to spawn fish populations throughout the world's oceans. A young woman named Gela Petines is advocating for the San Andres community, fundraising to bring the children on field trips and career talks that teach them about the alternative lives they can aspire for, and to train the fisherfolk, who catch fish for aquariums, to be certified freedivers so they can make an alternative, more sustainable living as dive and boat guides, and homestay hosts for tourists.