Dr. Swartz graduated with his doctorate from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He's researched and published widely on gray whales and their breeding habitats in Baja California. Dr. Swartz has served as a consultant to the Mexican government’s Ministry for the Environment, Natural Resources, and Fisheries, and worked for Ocean Conservancy, the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, and the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service.