Location: Tofo and Pomene, Mozambique.
Period working with MMF: 2018–2019, in Mozambique and remotely.
My role: research assistance, communications design, and fundraising.
I supported the Marine Megafauna Foundation’s research, communications, and fundraising, working in Mozambique and remotely.
Research in the field
During scuba and freediving surveys, I recorded field notes and photographed manta rays and whale sharks for identification. The media below documents manta fieldwork in Pomene, November 2018.
Manta identification
Behavior recordings
Supporting the organization
My communications work included outreach, grant writing, and sponsorship programs alongside research support.
Manta sponsorship
MMF’s manual manta-adoption process was difficult to scale. With researchers, I developed sponsorship stories around four mantas, then connected WordPress, WooCommerce, and Printful to automate purchases and worldwide merchandise fulfillment without holding inventory.
Dive the Data
With Zouhair Mahboubi, I designed Dive the Data during my MMF engagement. Linked views of location, frequency, and time helped dive centers explore sightings they collected for research.
We simplified collection with dive-center whiteboards and matching Google Sheets. The project reached five regions globally.