Malissa Hubbard is a 2013 MEM candidate in the Coastal Environmental Management concentration. She received her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science at the University of Arizona where she taught biology labs and worked in species abundance distribution and environmental bacteriology labs. She has a passion for conservation ecology which has translated into her group master’s project working with the Center for Wildlife Studies in India. Malissa’s hobbies include traveling, hiking, climbing, and pretty much anything else involving the outdoors.