Aidan has a Bachelor of Science in Biology, with a concentration in Tertiary and Freshwater studies with a minor in Geographic Information Systems, from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

Aidan’s been a dedicated environmentalist since he was 12 years old and learned to scuba dive, he made the Outer Banks his go to place for diving and started to work at a local Aquarium, regularly diving in the shark tanks as part of their education events. 
Drawing on this inspiration from his childhood spent along the beaches of North Carolina, Aidan developed a deep-seated passion for the environment. After college Aidan worked in wetland reclamation and joined Earth Day in 2020, helping to shape the End Plastics Campaign and becoming the Director of Planet Vs Plastics, the Earth Day theme  for 2024.  In August 2024, Aidan was promoted to Associate Director, Global Earth Day and will be spear-heading EDO’s campaign and Theme in 2025, Our Power, Our Planet, backing renewable energy and calling for a tripling of clean electricity generation by 2030.