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EDUCATION ASSISTANT & SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT

Created and implemented interpretive education/outreachprogramming and materials that emphasised the biologicaldiversity of the Taputeranga Marine Reserve. Contentmanagement duties included administrat ing the creation andpublishing of relevant , original , high-quali ty content whilecreating a regular publishing schedule .

I S L A N D B A Y A Q U A R I U M   |   2 0 1 7

Presentations on marine science and shark, skate, ray andchimaera conservation; freelance community and academicprofessional (www.finsunited.co .nz) .

FOUNDERT H E F I N S U N I T E D I N I T I A T I V E   |   2 0 1 3 - P R E S E N T

Research interests include: behavior andecology of Chondrichthyans, biotelemetry,marine education, ecotourism, and marinemanagement & policies .

E D U C A T I O N

NEW COLLEGE OF FLOR IDA | 20 1 1 - 20 1 5

BACHELOR OF ARTS , MARINE ECOLOGY & CONSERVAT ION

MSC, MARINE B IOLOGYV ICTOR IA UN IVERS I TY OF WELL INGTON | 20 1 5 - 20 16

PHD, ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURECURT IN UN IVERS I TY | 20 19 - PRESENT

SHARK BIOLOGY   INTERN

Participated in populat ion survey; gi l l nett ing, rod and reelf ishing, preparing bait , inputt ing data, shark handling, taggingand workups.

F L O R I D A S T A T E C O A S T A L A N D M A R I N E L A B O R A T O R Y   | 2 0 1 4

SHARK BIOLOGY   INTERN

Ran research vessels, manual acoustic tracking,recorded/entered behavioral data, tagged and took geneticsampling of white sharks, and assisted in managing andrunning the aquarium and research faci l i ty .

O C E A N S R E S E A R C H   | 2 0 1 3

SHARK BIOLOGY   INTERN

Participated in f ield surveys of sharks as well as sein nett ing,long-l ining, rod and reel f ishing, acoustic telemetry, driving theboats, preparing bait , inputt ing data, shark handling/transport ,and shark tagging and workups.

B I M I N I B I O L O G I C A L F I E L D S T A T I O N   | 2 0 1 2

Knowledgeable in R Programming and ArcGIS.Knowledgeable in basic video/photo edit ing.Proficient in sein nett ing, long-l ining, and rod andreel f ishing.Proficient in shark work up's in the field (f in cl ips,blood samples, tagging, etc) .Proven team member/leader in long rigorous fieldwork tr ips .

Disseminate the most recent Chondrichthyan research inlanguage al l can understand via 5-7 posts a month for ForbesScience.

FREELANCE WILDL IFE WRITERF O R B E S S C I E N C E   |   2 0 1 8 - P R E S E N T

S K I L L S

T V P R E S E N T E R & P O D C A S T H O S T

SHARK WEEKCUBA 'S SECRET SHARK LA IR | 20 18

SHARK WEEK"GUADALUPE K I LL ZONE" | 20 19

PODCAST HOSTCONC IENC IA AZUL EL PODCAST | 20 18- PRESENT

Spanish-speaking podcast that interviews marine scientists ,conservationists, grad students, photographers about their world& the unique Latinx struggles .

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICONE STRANGE ROCK | 202 1

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THE WONDER OF SHARKS OF THE DEEPI DEAS FEST IVAL , NEW ZEALAND | 20 18

THE F INTAST IC WORLD OF SHARKS: AUSTRAL IASYDNEY SC I ENCE FEST IVAL , AUSTRAL IA | 20 1 7

DO IT FOR THE ‘GRAM: HOW SCIENT ISTS CAN UT IL I ZE THEBEST OF INSTAGRAMIMCC5 CONFERENCE , MALAYS IA | 20 18

PODCAST FOR THE OCEAN: IMCC5 CONFERENCE , MALAYS IA | 20 18

SHARKS , MYTHOLOGY , AND HOW IT SWAYS CONSERVAT IONIN IT IAT IVESIMCC5 CONFERENCE , MALAYS IA | 20 18

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P R E S E N T A T I O N S

LAS REDES : NADANDO ENTRE T IBURONESC I ENC IAS EN REDES , SPA IN | 20 19

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SHARKSUNIVERS I TY OF SYDNEY , AUSTRAL IA | 20 19

WHAT SHARKS HAVE TAUGHT ME ABOUT D IVERSITY INSTEM &  ENTREPRENEURSHIPWONDER WOMEN IN STEM SUMMIT | 20 18

THE F INTAST IC WORLD OF SHARKS: NEW ZEALANDLOWER HUTT STEM WEEK , NEW ZEALAND | 20 1 7

SHARKS AND FEMALE SCIENT ISTS : MORE AL IKE THAN YOUTHINKLOWER HUTT STEM WEEK , NEW ZEALAND | 20 1 7

OCEANS: IMCC5 PLENARY TALKIMCC5 CONFERENCE , MALAYS IA | 20 18

COME F IND ME : DEF IN ING HABITATS AND HABITAT USEFOR CHONDRICHTHYANSASFB-OCS JO INT CONFERENCE , AUSTRAL IA | 20 16

HABITAT USE IN CHONDRICHTHYANSNZMSS JO INT CONFERENCE , NEW ZEALAND | 20 16

SOCIAL MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF SHARKS , PUBLICPERCEPT ION , AND I TS IMPL ICAT IONS FOR THE IRCONSERVAT IONFSB I ANNUAL SYMPOS IUM , ENGLAND | 20 1 5

T W I T T E R T A K E O V E R SI Am SciComm (2016)SciBlogHub (2017)Sciparty (2017)Real Scientists (2017)Bio Tweeps (2017)

#womeninSTEM (41,785 impressions) #BillMeetScienceTwitter (1.2 billion impressions)

LAS CONVERSACIONES EN LA C IENCIA : SC IENCE IS MOREDIVERSE THAN WHAT WE PORTRAY I T TO BEAMER ICAN F ISHER IES SOC I ETY CONFERENCE , USA | 20 18

P U B L I C A T I O N S

HOW 'BLUE ' IS ‘GREEN ’ ENERGY?DOI : 10 . 1016/J . TREE .2019 . 1 1 .002TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUT ION | 20 19

HOW TO EFFECT IVELY MAKE SCIENCE COMMUNICAT IONINCLUSIVE IN A MULT ICULTURAL SOCIETYIN REV IEW - FRONT IERS | 2020

HOW TO BE A SHARK IN AN OCEAN OF SARDINESSTEM SUCCESS SUMMIT | 20 19