Elaine has worked with MAP since 2004, supporting regional partners by facilitating communications and catalyzing collaborative projects, with a focus on adapting MAP's mangrove curriculum in the region and networking on shrimp aquaculture issues in NE Brazil. She brings to MAP more than 20 years of diverse international experiences in plant ecology and conservation, community forestry, oceanography, sustainable agriculture, and environmental education.

With more than 7 years of experience living and working in Latin America, including as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala, she is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and currently spends more than half of the year in Brazil. Elaine is also MAP's webmaster.

When not in Latin America, Elaine lives in Seattle, Wash.

Contact:  tel (206) 419-4503 or mapamericas@mangroveactionproject.org