Film Industry, Taking Bold Career Leaps, and Conservation Key with Marilu Cristina Flores

Share your Field Stories!Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Marilu Cristina Flores, Founder, Conservation Key about the Film Industry, Taking Bold Career Leaps, and Conservation Key.   Read her full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 3:03  Nic & Laura talk about bad mentors9:04   Interview with Marilu Cristina Flores starts9:20   Film Industry18:44  Taking Bold Career Leaps29:48   Conservation Key48:22   Field Notes51:11   More Bold LeapsPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Marilu Cristina Flores at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilucflores/Guest Bio:Marilu Cristina Flores is an award-winning filmmaker, coral researcher, and recipient of the 2021 Go Blue Ambassador of the Year Award.  Recognized as a Hispanic Ocean Conservation Hero in 2021, she holds a certificate degree from the University of Queensland in Tropical Coastal Ecosystem Resource Management and served the Surfrider Foundation as Regional Coordinator and then Manager from 2018 - 2022.During her time with Surfrider, Marilu helped community activists pass over 50 ordinances to protect our marine and coastal ecosystems and in 2021, she was appointed to serve the Southeast Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) as an NGO/nonprofit partner for five years. Marilu is the founder of Conservation Key, a project-based, IRS recognized nonprofit; founded on the hope that with our intervention, coral reefs can and will survive for the next generation.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.