Kailey Pascoe, Mapping Cloudbreak, Fiji.
SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | CULTURE
Kailey H. Pascoe is a scientist, diver, and lifelong ocean enthusiast from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Life Sciences at Arizona State University while based in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. She is a NOAA Nancy Foster Scholar and an ambassador for NOAA Sanctuaries. As a Native Hawaiian scientist, she is able to seamlessly stitch together her specializations of coral reef ecology, 3D photogrammetry, and scientific diving with a perspective that creates space for indigenous science in a heavily western science driven world. Native Hawaiians consider coral to be their first ancestor that brings both life and death to people and the islands. She aims to honor her heritage by using science and innovative technologies to understand how coral reefs respond to climate change, and how we can incorporate science into management to stem this rapid decline.
