Alison Young

Alison works at the California Academy of Sciences as the co-director of the Center for Biodiversity and Community Science and the co-director of the Academy’s Thriving California strategic initiative. She wears many hats in her current roles, but one of her projects she’s always excited about is the annual Snapshot Cal Coast, working with people and organizations in every coastal county to document biodiversity along the entire California coast. Alison’s background is in marine biology, she holds a Masters in Biology from Humboldt State University for research focused on the potential effects of climate change on California’s rocky intertidal communities. When she’s not in the tidepools for work, she can often be found in the tidepools for fun – usually photographing nudibranchs.