Mariam Lezcano Monzón
Social Educator and project coordinator
Equality and the ocean are defended with the same hands.
Career
Holds a degree in Social Education and Special Education. She currently works as an Educator on Equality, Co-education and Sexual Education projects in various schools across the islands, as well as in town councils. She also leads photography workshops, her other great passion, alongside the sea. Coordinator of several equality projects with an ecofeminist perspective that highlight the role of women in science and care work as the central axis of life.
She leads Latitud Azul projects that connect a gender perspective with the defence of the marine environment, such as "La Mar, una mirada en femenino" (The Sea, a feminine gaze). Her artistic vision gives a voice to the women of the Canarian sea.
Maite Asensio Elvira
Oceanographer and Ecotourism Director
The sea doesn't need us to save it; it needs us to stop destroying it.
Alicia Herrera Ulibarri
Secretary and Co-Founder
The ocean has no borders; everything we throw into it comes back to us.
Gara Franchy Gil
Treasurer
Caring for the planet starts with what we put on our plate.
Cristina Fernández Gil
Marine scientist and science communicator — Founder of Oceanográfica
Communicating marine science is an act of environmental justice.
Kay Machín Benítez
Divemaster, photographer and sea enthusiast
Beneath the surface lies a world that deserves to be protected.
Rayco Guedes Alonso
PhD in Analytical Chemistry
Rigorous science is the best tool to defend our ecosystems.
