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Instagram of the Week

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UW Stout chapter.

Shark attack survivor, Mike Coots, has quickly taken over Instagram with his beautiful and inspiring posts. Surfer-photographer won the 2013 Go-Pro Hero Award and has been featured on CNN, Fox, Yahoo! & more to fight for marine conservation.

You wouldn’t think that after getting attacked by a shark, he would be an advocate for the species, but Coots now devotes his life to saving sharks! Check out this article about Coots’ advocacy!  

Name: Mike Coots

Instagram: @mikecoots

Laura (Lo), originally from Milwaukee, WI, is an alumni of Her Campus and the University of Wisconsin - Stout. She majored in Professional Communication & Emerging Media and Strategic Communication. Lo was involved with Her Campus as a High School Journalism & Publicity Ambassador, Chapter Advisor and Campus Correspondent for HC UW-Stout. Laura is currently a Social Media Specialist for Fence Talk Digital and does freelance writing occasionally. Feel free to follow her on Twitter or add her on LinkedIn.