[4] Within months, she sold her agency, her car, and her house and moved to South Africa to become a shark conservationist.
[4][5][6][7] The same year, she founded the non-profit Shark Angels and swam with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Executive Director Kim McCoy and Save Our Seas Foundation Head Field Biologist Alison Kock to push back on the idea that sharks are vicious, maneating creatures.
[11][12] In 2014, she and cinematographer Paul Wildman created the short documentary Black Swan, which features Andersen "dancing" with an oceanic white tip shark, considered one of the most dangerous species in the world.
Andersen, diver Brock Cahill, and a team of others helped his parents finish and promote the film.
[3] She is the Director of Global Marketing for Johnson Outdoors (SCUBAPRO and Subgear brands) and a member of the PADI Diving Society.