I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Carnegie Institution for Science. I call Costa Rica my home, and I’m passionate on understanding what the ocean can provide us to become a better society. Human disturbance has caused a huge impact on marine ecosystems. Conservation efforts have recently increased worldwide. Unfortunately, understanding the real impacts of these efforts may take long time, even decades. I use mathematical models to look the impact of these efforts over the populations in the environment, which allows to understand their effectiveness.