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Professional Positions
Professional Positions
National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Host Office: Gulf Coastal Ocean Observation System (GCOOS)
September 2025-2026
Field Interviewer
Field Interviewer
Research Triangle Institute International
Project: Access Point Angler Intercept Survey Puerto Rico (APAIS)
April-December 2014
Research Associate/
Research Associate/
Zooplankton Analyst
Zooplankton Analyst
Hampton University and Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Project: Decrypting the in-situ diet of the globally significant pelagic tunicate Dolioletta gegenbauri
July 2017- March 2018
Field Assistant
Field Assistant
Gulf Shellfish Institute, Inc.
Project: Facilitation of seagrass productivity in Tampa Bay, using the indigenous suspension feeding bivalve, Mercenaria campechiensis
March-June 2021
Zooplankton Specialist
Zooplankton Specialist
Institute of Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS)- University of South Florida
Project: NASA/NOAA South Florida Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
July 2021-Aug 2022
Making Waves Research Experience for Undergraduates
Science Communication and Interdisciplinary Ocean Research Experience
May-July 2024, 2025
Internships
Internships
Summer Intern (2015)
Main tasks: Water Quality Monitoring, seagrass bed mapping (GIS) and environmental interpreter
To learn more about my experience, click here
Service
Service
Coastal and Marine Ecology Section
Coastal and Marine Ecology Section
Ecological Society of America
Founder, Chair and
Council member
2024-present
Marine Science Advisory Committee
Marine Science Advisory Committee
USF
College of Marine Science
Vice-president
2021-2022
Outreach Coordinator
2020-2021
Social Chair
2019-2020
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
South Florida Chapter
Co-Founder and Secretary
2018-2019
USF College of Marine Science Annual Graduate Student Symposium
USF College of Marine Science Annual Graduate Student Symposium
College of Marine Science
Coordinator 2018-2020
Conference and Session Organizer Experience
Conference and Session Organizer Experience
2025- Organizing committee, International Cassiopea Workshop 8.
2024- Inspire Session: Let's Talk about mental health. Ecological Society of America Meeting.
2023 - Session: Empower ourselves and each other: Embracing our intersectional identities to strengthen connections within the STEM community. SACNAS and National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference.
2019 - SEEDS Success Stories Inspire Session. Ecological Society of America Meeting.
Panels and Forums
Panels and Forums
Careeers in Marine Science panel - ESA 2024
Careeers in Marine Science panel - ESA 2024
Strengthen Confidence in Your STEM Identity with Community Connections: Examples of Strength and Power Drawn from Lived Experiences to Engage Authentically in Professional Environments - NOAA Fisheries, SACNAS/ NDiSTEM 2024
Strengthen Confidence in Your STEM Identity with Community Connections: Examples of Strength and Power Drawn from Lived Experiences to Engage Authentically in Professional Environments - NOAA Fisheries, SACNAS/ NDiSTEM 2024
From Undergrad to Researcher: Panel discussion on building a career in science - Making Waves REU 2024
From Undergrad to Researcher: Panel discussion on building a career in science - Making Waves REU 2024
Invited Talks
Invited Talks
2025 Coral Reef Conservation Week
2025 Coral Reef Conservation Week
Presentation: Ecological Importance of Jellies
Virtual
Coral Reef Restoration Program and Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico
Presentation: Upside-down jellies as bioindicators
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
Key Largo, Florida
2024 Digital Planet Expo
2024 Digital Planet Expo
Presentation: Upside-down jellies as Bioindicators of Water Quality in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico
Ecoexploratorio Science Museum of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Former affiliations
Former affiliations
• Organización Estudiantil de Biología Marina Costanera, Secretary
• Strategies for Ecology Education Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS), Eos SEEDS UPRH Chapter , President
• Hampton University Hispanic/Latino Initiative, Member
• Asociación Estudiantil de Ciencias Marinas (AECiMa) Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Webmaster
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