Corey Ridings is a doctoral student working on fisheries and public health issues related to community sustainability. She has worked in the environmental advocacy community since 2011 on efforts related to climate change, West Coast fish conservation, and ecosystem-based management. Previously she was a Knauss Fellow with the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, observed in the North Pacific groundfish fleet, and served as the minority health epidemiologist for the state of Michigan. Corey is a member of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, on the advisory board of California Sea Grant, and a returned Peace Corps Philippines Volunteer. Corey holds a BA in biology from Occidental College and a Master of Public Health from Yale. She splits her time between Seattle and Santa Cruz, California, where she lives with her partner Mark, a math professor at Cabrillo College, and cat Mya.