Enie received her PhD from North Carolina State University in the  Department of Applied Ecology. She received her undergraduate degree at  the University of Florida and has worked in several shark and community  ecology laboratories in the southeastern United States. Her current  research focuses on human impacts in nearshore ecosystems, specifically  investigating the effects of overfishing and loss of habitat complexity  in reef ecosystems in The Bahamas. She is also North Carolina’s regional  ambassador for Sharks4Kids, a non-profit organization, giving presentations to local grade schools about shark conservation and research.