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Connecting To Communities In Times of Fear
I came up with the idea of dressing as a shark to draw people in, and it was a hit! Hello! I’m Fernando Gutierrez, a fourth-year undergraduate at California State University, Long Beach, and a first-generation student to Mexican parents. Starting my 2025 COAST internship with California Ocean Access is my first time engaging with social science. Through this research, we aim to deepen the connection between marine conservation and the people living in the areas it seeks to se
California Ocean Acess MPA
Nov 264 min read
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A day in my life as a BAB intern in Los Angeles!
It’s 12:30 pm on Sunday, July 13th as Fernando (a fellow intern) and I drive laps around Echo Park, Los Angeles, desperately trying to find parking in the packed streets around the 44th Annual Lotus Festival. As we spend the next hour doing so, let me fill you in on how we got here… This morning I was up by 8:30 to work on some homework for my online microeconomics class — I’m originally from Sacramento, CA, and I am now a fourth year college student at Johns Hopkins Universi
California Ocean Acess MPA
Oct 243 min read
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Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Amplifying Marginalized Communities in Ocean Policy
Hi! My name is Izzy Orozco, and I’m a senior at Cal State Monterey Bay, majoring in Marine Science with a minor in Journalism and Media...
California Ocean Acess MPA
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Reflections on a summer of social science
Hi! I’m Emma Gee, a PhD Student in the Environmental Studies department at UC Santa Cruz. In my previous life I was a strictly natural...
California Ocean Acess MPA
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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