La Jolla Shores, California, United States
My love for the ocean made me a marine biologist. My curiosity kept me on the path of knowledge. Interests: Islands Restoration | Community Based-Knowledge | Marine Protected Areas | Climate Change Adaptation | Blue Carbon | Blue Economy | Build Back Better | Fisheries Agreement Negotiations
• Developed a study on the Pros and Cons and recommendations for better fisheries agreement between the EU and Cabo Verde. • Developed an Environmental Impact Assessment of the solar energy project for Porto Novo, Santo Antão Island – Aguas de Ponta Preta Renewable Company. • Developed a best-practice Guide for Non-consumptive activities with sea turtles. • Collaborated to develop an offshore MPA technical proposal. Noctiluca, the bright side
• Design a management plan as a story map for the Marine Reserve of Santa Luzia, Cabo Verde Islands (West Africa) – Capstone Project • Collaborate with the non-profit Beyond the Surface (Peru) to design a Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines Curriculum: Rural Educator & Young Learner Focus Group – FAO Project • Collaborate with the non-profit Beyond the Surface (Peru) to design Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (Lit Review in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication) – FAO Project • Collaborate with Waitt Foundation to analyze the islands’ best-practices MPA’s management plan implementation to develop a literature review based on Portugal’s legal framework to help implement an effective management plan for the National Island Marine Parks of Azores (Portugal) – Blue Azores Project
• Coordinate protected areas management field team in Sal, Boavista, Maio, and Santiago islands. • Coordinate the design of the management plan for 14 marine and terrestrial protected areas with international experts. • Idealize, design, and coordinate a B-learning National Training about the Management of Protected Areas • Collaborate with the communication Specialist the design of environmental communication posters, flyers, and children’s books.
• Teaching Environmental Impact Assessment, Biofuels, project management • Student thesis Advisor and Chair
• Collaborate with the consultant’s team to Evaluate and Report the project monitoring metrics. • Collaborate with the consultant’s team to Evaluate and Report the project’s final products to report to the project’s steering committee.