ABOUT THE EXPERT:

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš is the Founder and Executive Director of Azul, a grassroots organization that works with Latinxs throughout the Americas to protect the ocean and coasts. Launched in 2011 as the first U.S. organization devoted to elevating Latinx voices in marine conservation and justice, Azul interweaves cultural fluency and grassroots organizing for people-centered policy outcomes. Gutiérrez-Graudiņš is one of five women founders of the Ocean Justice Forum, launched in 2021. Her thought leadership is visible from local to global-level panels and summits to the opinion and editorial pages of publications including the Washington Post and the United Nations.

She serves as a member of the California Coastal Conservancy’s governing board and is a member of the IUCN’s California Expert Assessment Group for the Green List. Marce is also an award-winning marine conservation advocate and has delivered expert congressional testimony to the House Natural Resources Committee Legislative Hearing on the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2021. She is also the co-author of Neglected — Environmental Justice Impacts of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution, published by UNEP, an integral resource in the age of negotiations toward a Global Plastics Treaty.

CONTACT:

Contact Marce Gutiérrez-Graudins at Experts@diversegreen.org.