Heal the Bay Science & Policy
Zoë Collins
Marine Protected Area Program Coordinator
Zoë coordinates Heal the Bay’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) programming. Her work includes overseeing the MPA Watch Community Science Program as well as MPA advocacy, education, and outreach. She graduated from UCLA in 2023 with a B.S. in Marine Biology and has an avid passion for connecting people to their waterways, advocating for environmental conservation, and creating a Los Angeles more resilient to our changing climate. Her research background primarily revolves around marine biogeochemistry with a specific focus on both deep-sea microbial mats and constraining planetary habitability models through aquatic analogs. Outside of her passion for science and the ocean, she loves pottery, writing, and 2000’s rom-coms.
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