Christine O’Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Division at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Christine has a Master’s degrees in Natural Resource Management and Marine Mammal Science from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, respectively. She has experience working at government, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations in Jamaica and within the Wider Caribbean Region.  She is actively involved in sea turtle and marine mammal conservation, outreach and advocacy initiatives in Jamaica, and also helps to provide capacity-building support to marine protected areas within the Caribbean.