Amanda Boissiere

2023-2024 Long-Term Workforce Fellow

Amanda Boissiere, an alumna of the University of the Virgin Islands and a Securing STEM Islands Fellow, earned her Bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and gained undergraduate experience in mangrove education and husbandry. Following graduation, she collaborated with the Nature Conservancy Coral Innovation Hub in St. Croix, where she worked on projects such as comparing growth rates between field and land-based coral nurseries.

She shared, “I loved the experience of working at The Nature Conservancy through UVI, and I was very grateful for the ability to build my career alongside members of my graduating class. It meant a lot to me to pass knowledge on to younger students and to be an advocate for women in STEM. TNC proved to be a great resource for project development and for fostering my project on coral nurseries. My hope for future projects was to study genes and microbial diversity in heat-resistant coral.”

Amanda has since continued her career as a coral restoration practitioner with The Nature Conservancy on St. Croix.