hi!
I’m Marina. I am a constantly curious and creative data scientist, motivated to apply my interdisciplinary skills to advancing equitable, real-world solutions. Passionate about conservation, ecology, Indigenous sovereignty and TEK, justice-centered policy solutions, and structural inequities produced by systems of power and exclusion - and equipped with strong research, coding, and communication skills - I bring a thoughtful, community-centered lens to data analysis and storytelling.
Outside of my work, you can find me cooking a fresh vegetarian meal, enjoying all things outdoors, and hanging with my pup Tahoma. Poke around my site to learn more about me and my work!
Master, Environmental Data Science (June 2025) | Bren School of Environmental Science & Management | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science & Management (December 2019) | University of Washington (UW), Seattle WA | Study Abroad: Council on International Educational Exchange, Tropical Ecology & Conservation, Costa Rica (January – May 2019)
Assessing the success of bull kelp restoration trials in the Salish Sea | Manuscript in progress (2026) | Collaborators: Puget Sound Restoration Fund & The Suquamish Tribe
Modeling the impacts of decarbonization on labor | Master’s Capstone (2025) | Collaborators: 2035 Initative & UCSB Community Labor Project
Ectomycorrhizal fungi on carbon sequestration | Undergraduate Capstone (2019) | Advisor: Johel Chaves-Campos, Ph.D.
Habitat Program Data Analyst (Current) | Puget Sound Restoration Fund
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2025) | UCSB Geography & Biology
Miller Seed Vault Volunteer (2020-2022) | UW Botanic Gardens
Field Ecology Intern (2020) | UW Rare Plant Care & Conservation
Research Assistant (2016-2017) | Hydro-Biogeochemistry Research Group, UW Seattle | Advisor: Rebecca B. Neumann, Ph.D.