Julia is a marine ecologist focused on improving our understanding of marine ecosystems and how these are affected by human activities and global change. Julia has worked across a variety of universities, government research agencies and NGOs and is currently a member of the Flourishing Oceans team at Minderoo Foundation to help develop the Global Fishing Index.  Her long term dream is to develop tools to engage people, particularly children, to explore nature and understand current global processes like climate change, overfishing or plastic pollution and help inspire them to be part of the solution.