Student Profile
Mariana Alvarez Restrepo `13
By Ann Cleveland, PhD, Chair of Ocean Studies Department
It only takes a small seed of an idea, left undisturbed to
germinate and grow, that can blossom into a life's plan. Such
a seed was planted when Mariana Alvarez Restrepo '13 was
a young girl of seven on a whale watch trip with her family
in her native Colombia. A mother humpback whale and
her calf surfaced just five feet from their vessel and Mari
was enchanted. She determined to make marine mammal
conservation her life's work.
Mari was born in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
and moved with her family to Orlando, FL when she was
nine years old. She graduated from Cypress Creek High
School with an International Baccalaureate diploma; an IB
degree granted her the opportunity to attend any college
or university in the world. While Mari initially looked at
schools in south Florida, she chose to attend Maine Maritime
Academy because of the personal nature of the
Ocean Studies program and the easy access to the
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ocean and vessels. Mari enrolled in several courses
in the Small Vessel Operations program, which
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allowed her to work as a naturalist intern for Allied
Whale in Bar Harbor and as a deckhand aboard the
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Mari's excellent academic record and her practical
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experience studying the behavior of fin and humpack
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whales during her internship made her highly
competitive for a NOAA Hollings Scholarship, which
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she was awarded in 2012. Through this prestigious
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Research Center in Honolulu, under the Hawaiian
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Monk Seal Research program assessing threats to
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monk seal.
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Her ultimate goal is to return to Colombia to
establish the sort of marine mammal protection
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legislated in the United States. It is her hope that
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someday other mother calf pairs will not only be
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enjoyed but also respected. This seven year old
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girl has become a gifted scientist and enthusiastic
conservationist who will work to insure other young
children have the same life-changing access to
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marine animals that she did.
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