Dr. María José Espinosa-Romero is the CEO of Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI), a Mexican non-profit organization that promotes sustainable fishing and marine conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean through community-based approaches. She received her Ph.D. degree in Governance and Public Policy from the United Nations University and Maastricht University (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands, and her Master’s degree in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Studies from the University of British Columbia, Canada.