Dora DeMaria

Dora DeMaria was born and raised in the Florida Keys and the chain of islands have always held a special place in her heart. Dora attended Florida State University and completed her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a focus on Oceanography. She also completed several environmental internships, most notably an internship where she designed educational programs about sea turtles for an after school group located in the Florida panhandle. She also joined the Netflix original movie Chasing Coral at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival aboard the traveling ocean bus where she worked with the underwater virtual reality headsets. Dora then interned for Reef Relief as the Stormwater Education Intern, Education Intern and then volunteered during Reef Relief’s summer Coral Camp. Since working for Reef Relief, she has taught over 16,000 students in classroom settings and helped successfully launch a virtual platform that has reached over 200,000 people around the world. Recently, Dora was promoted to Education Director at Reef Relief. She is incredibly excited to fight for environmental protections and engage our community as a board member for Last Stand.