Elyse Goin

Elyse Goin completed a Masters of Advanced Studies degree in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. For her capstone project Goin worked with coastal communities of her family’s home island of Trinidad and Tobago to assess their responses to climate change impacts. She combined traditional knowledge and science to reveal people’s risk perceptions of climate change impacts occurring along the coast. Prior to graduate school, Goin worked as a science educator both on land and at sea at The Birch Aquarium and The Escondido Creek Conservancy, both located in San Diego county.

At the California Ocean Protection Council, Goin looks forward to advancing the State’s 30×30 goals and participating in the review of the Marine Protected Areas network, all while pursuing inclusion of various community voices.