Sarika’s life’s work is devoted to science, conservation, and communication.

Sarika is co-host of The Nature of Things on CBC, alongside Anthony Morgan.

Trained as a Marine Biologist (PhD, MSc), her research has taken her from remote tropical archipelagos to the high seas to the United Nations headquarters, to the intertidal zones of her home in BC.

Sarika speaks out often on ocean issues and conservation, and has served on various boards and committees, including those of the David Suzuki Foundation, WWF Canada, and the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea.

Sarika has hosted critically acclaimed documentaries for CBC, Audible, The Knowledge Network, Ocean Networks Canada, PBS, and The National Film Board, and has twice been nominated for Best Host at the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers for her work on The Nature of Things. True Survivors, which she hosted and wrote for The Nature of Things alongside Director Rio Mitchell, won six Leo Awards, including for Best Host and Screenwriting.