Liliana (Lili) Sierra

Lili (she/her) is a Sustainable Oceans Fellow, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)  and a World Wildlife Fellow. She is an interdisciplinary fishery scientist who is deeply passionate about environmental justice. Her research interests are in marine social-ecological systems, particularly small-scale fisheries, small-scale aquaculture, and blue justice. She uses theory and methods from quantitative and qualitative disciplines to better understand the complexity of these systems. Her work is closely related to the development of policy and management tools, aimed to improve the livelihood of fishers, and community members who rely on fishery resources for their living. Her current research focuses on understanding the strategies communities use to enforce regulations in small-scale fisheries, determining what is needed from fishers to successfully transition from wild-caught small-scale fisheries to aquaculture in underdeveloped countries, and the incorporation of blue justice in the transitions to aquaculture. Lili is obsessed with her doggo, so in her free time, she will usually be on a run or on the beach with him. She also loves to paint using oil paint and watercolor and to cook food from her home country Honduras. 

For the TEMPO project, Lili aims to understand what is the role of temporary closures in achieving just and equitable outcomes for the communities that rely on the closures for their livelihoods