Education

 

2006 – 2010 B. A. in Marine Science, Occidental College

2016 – 2019 M. Sc. in Environmental Science, Alaska Pacific University

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Experience

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Statewide Bottomfish Coordinator for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Anchorage, Alaska; January 2022 - May 2024​​

• Present results of different management measure scenario to charter operators in Southeast Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and the International Pacific Halibut Commission to describe recreational harvest trends and potential outcomes of various management measures

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Fisheries Science and Policy Consultant for Wild Pacific Fisheries Research

Anchorage, Alaska; August 2020 – January 2022

• Project manager for various research projects with a variety of organizations and institutions in New Zealand and the United States on conservation engineering fisheries research projects

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Fishery Manager for Fisheries Inshore New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand; July 2019 – August 2020

• Represented participants in New Zealand’s major inshore commercial fisheries, and communicated FINZ’s vision, mission, and core values

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Graduate Student at the Fisheries, Aquatic Science, and Technology Lab

Anchorage, Alaska; September 2016 – July 2019

• Led field work on a chartered pollock catcher vessel out of Dutch Harbor in collaboration with the Conservation Engineering department at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center

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Freelance Photographer and Writer

June 2015 – present

• Published multiple feature articles on marine and fisheries science topics:

  • Articles include Cetaceans of Cascadia, Crab Season, Porpoises of Puget Sound, Visitors of Summer, The Longline Tug-of-War, Orca Culture

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North Pacific Groundfish Observer for AIS

Dec 2014 – Jul 2016,

• Performed observer duties in the partial coverage fleet in the Gulf of Alaska

• Worked on pot grey cod, pollock trawl, grey cod longline, halibut longline, and black cod longline commercial vessels

 

Port Sampler for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Astoria, Oregon; May 2014 – Jun 2014

• Interviewed commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen in Astoria, Oregon on their catch and submitted the data to ODFW to monitor catch in the area

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Environmental Officer Intern at Yarrabee Coal Mine

Blackwater, QLD, Australia; October 2013 – February 2014

• Responsible for development and execution of several on-site monitoring and research programs with a high attention to detail.

  

Tour Guide at Dolphin Encounter

Kaikoura, New Zealand; July 2011 – January 2013

• Educated guests on the unique Kaikoura marine environment (particularly the Kaikoura canyon) and the local marine wildlife.

 

Internship at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center

 Seattle, WA; July 2010 – September 2010

• Researched and compared the 06-07 BASIS/BSIERP trawl data with the acoustic data to compare vertical distribution of age-0 pollock, and created length frequency distributions of age-0 pollock of the 2008 and 2009 data using ArcGIS.

 

Research Technician at the Vantuna Research Group

Los Angeles, CA; January 2007 - May 2010​

• Collected data in the field for a variety of projects, including plankton tows, underwater SCUBA survey transects (AAUS certified), CTD operation, and net sampling (purse seine, beach seine, beam trawls and 1-m2 enclosures).

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Volunteering

 

Tsunami Bowl

Mar 2018 – Present

• Team Challenge Quiz judge at the NOSB Tsunami Bowl since 2018, including virtually in 2020

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Big Brother Big Sister

Oct 2020 – Present

• Meet with my Little Sister 1-2 times a month and spend time together or do an activity together​

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Girl Scouts STEM Night

Feb 2018, Feb 2019

• Developed a presentation for young girls to introduce to them to careers in fisheries science

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Skills

 

• Advanced skills in Office applications, Photoshop, SAS, and R

• 9 months logged sea days on commercial fishing, research, and tourism vessels

• Safe operation of 4WD manual-transmission vehicles and ATVs

• Cold-water survival training, First-Aid, and CPR certified

• PADI certified, formerly AAUS certified

• Excellent command of Spanish and French language