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Mariana Rivera-Torres

Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems

Contact

Remote Office

Work

Areas of expertise:

Water policy, transboundary water governance, groundwater, community development, facilitation and collaborative decision-making

Mariana Rivera-Torres is a Manager in the Climate Resilient Water Systems at Environmental Defense Fund. She works to support water equity and justice, community engagement, and groundwater sustainability policies and practices in the Western U.S. Mariana helps coordinate efforts to strengthen collaboration with other NGOs, community-based organizations, water agencies, and other partners representing diverse interests. Mariana is a believer in the power of collaboration and community-based strategies to solve complex social and environmental challenges.

Background

Mariana has a master’s degree in water, society and policy from the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. Her research focused on transboundary water governance in the Colorado River. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 2015 to 2017 and completed her bachelor’s degree at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Prior to joining EDF, Mariana worked as a water and natural resources facilitator and mediator.

She was raised in Mexico and has had the opportunity to live and work with communities in the United States, Guatemala, India, South Africa, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast. Outside of work, Mariana loves spending time with family and friends, learning from different cultures and finding ways to connect with nature.

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