COAST Summer 2023 Interns

Host

Intern,

CSU Campus

Internship,

Locati​on in California​

​Aquarium of the Pacific
Daran Towns
CSU Monterey Bay
​Sea Otter Surrogacy Program​,
Long Beach
​​Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Kelsy Deckard
CSU Monterey Bay
​Aquaculture and Animal Husbandry,
San Pedro
Ryn Heier
Cal State Fullerton​
​California Ocean Science Trust​
Brandon Quintana
Cal State Fullerton

​Science to Accelerate Equitable Climate Adaptation​​,
Remote
​California State Lands Commission ​


Crystal Ramirez
Cal State LA
​Environmental Justice Policy Implementation and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion,
Remote

Ivana Ruiz-Lara
Cal State East Bay
​Marine Invasive Species Program,
Remote

​​​California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine Region






Emily Donahue
CSU Monterey Bay
​California Spiny Lobster Fishery Management,
San Diego 
Ryan Hallisey
San José State
​Kelp Restoration and Management,
Santa Rosa 
Zoe Chevalier
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
​Sarah Winkel
CSU Monterey Bay
​Whale Safe Fisheries Project,
Monterey 
Samuel Wu
Cal State Long Beach​
​White Abalone Restoration,
San Diego 
​Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Alyssa Walter
CSU Monterey Bay

Ocean Exploration,
Santa Barbara
​NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, CoastWatch West Coast Regional Node
Madison Richardson
Cal Poly Humboldt
​​Ocean Satellite Data​,
Remote
​​NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Protected Resources Division​
Karla Buitrago-Yepes
CSU Monterey Bay

Abalone Conservation​,
Long Beach
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service,
Southwest Fisheries Science Center



Yoonjung Rha
Cal State Long Beach​
Coastal, Marine, and Natural Resource Social Science Research​​​​, ​
Santa Cruz
Makena Keane
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
​Deep-Water Data Analysis,
​Santa Cruz
​​NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, West Coast Region​
Anna Rothstein
San José State
​​Ocean Policy,
Monterey​​
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Roxanne Wilkerson
Sonoma State
​Adapting to Rising Tides Program,
San Francisco 

​*Undergraduate students listed in italics


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