Alana Boyles

Alana got her start in sustainability recycling as a child, but truly fell in love with habitat restoration and species conservation during invasive species removals with the chapter of Roots & Shoots she founded during her undergraduate degree at the University of Tampa. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Marine Biology and Ecology from James Cook University, where she completed dual theses on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish and food waste. After graduation, Alana moved back to the US to focus on marine husbandry and ocean education, creating educational materials to help teach landlocked communities about the very real impacts they have on the ocean, even from thousands of miles away. She’s hosted hands-on workshops for people of all ages ranging from squid dissections to recycling blitzes, where participants have to sort common trash items based on if they’re curbside recyclable or not. From there, Alana went on to co-found Galene Pathways, a tech startup that utilizes machine learning and climate data to predict coastal ecosystem range shifts under different climate change scenarios. Having served on many nonprofit boards across many sectors, she is passionate about supporting community initiatives that make the locales better places to live. When she’s not volunteering at a cleanup, Alana can be found reading, playing drums and percussion with ensembles along the Colorado Front Range, or creating something delicious in the kitchen.