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Hi! My name's Feini and I use they/them pronouns. I'm a journalist, community organizer, and fishmonger working at the intersection of science, environment, food, and social justice. I'm based in stolen Lenni-Lenape land otherwise known as Philadelphia.
Currently I'm the media coordinator for the North American Marine Alliance, a fishermen-led organization building a broad movement toward healthy fisheries and fishing communities. I'm also a fishmonger with Fishadelphia, a community seafood program in Philly focused on inclusion and youth empowerment. In my spare time I'm a devoted recreational surfcaster! You can learn more about my fisheries work here.
Previously I worked as a reporter and producer for The Pulse, a public radio show about the people and places at the heart of health and science. Before that, I was a contributor to the New York Times science section, where I mostly covered genetics, evolution, and ecology. I love to make stop-motion animations like this, this, and this one. You can see my journalism & storytelling portfolio here.
I have a graduate degree in journalism from NYU's Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program, and a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Brown. As an undergrad I did a lot of marine ecology research, from monitoring ghost crabs on a Marine Corps base in North Carolina to studying mangrove harvesting in a community of Sama sea nomads in Indonesia. I did my thesis on the knotty relationship between fishing, herbivorous crabs, and carbon capture in Cape Cod salt marshes.
I spent my formative teenager years in suburban New Jersey, where I edited my high school's literary magazine and was really into AP Bio. Before that, I picked dandelions during recess and tore through books while dangling off furniture in precarious positions. I was born and spent my early childhood in Philadelphia, gardening, cooking, and watching a lot of Chinese satellite TV with my grandparents. To this day I have a somewhat geriatric predilection for slowness and simplicity, which I'm constantly trying to balance with being a voracious learner in an ever-quickening and evolving world.
You can find my CV here.
Currently I'm the media coordinator for the North American Marine Alliance, a fishermen-led organization building a broad movement toward healthy fisheries and fishing communities. I'm also a fishmonger with Fishadelphia, a community seafood program in Philly focused on inclusion and youth empowerment. In my spare time I'm a devoted recreational surfcaster! You can learn more about my fisheries work here.
Previously I worked as a reporter and producer for The Pulse, a public radio show about the people and places at the heart of health and science. Before that, I was a contributor to the New York Times science section, where I mostly covered genetics, evolution, and ecology. I love to make stop-motion animations like this, this, and this one. You can see my journalism & storytelling portfolio here.
I have a graduate degree in journalism from NYU's Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program, and a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Brown. As an undergrad I did a lot of marine ecology research, from monitoring ghost crabs on a Marine Corps base in North Carolina to studying mangrove harvesting in a community of Sama sea nomads in Indonesia. I did my thesis on the knotty relationship between fishing, herbivorous crabs, and carbon capture in Cape Cod salt marshes.
I spent my formative teenager years in suburban New Jersey, where I edited my high school's literary magazine and was really into AP Bio. Before that, I picked dandelions during recess and tore through books while dangling off furniture in precarious positions. I was born and spent my early childhood in Philadelphia, gardening, cooking, and watching a lot of Chinese satellite TV with my grandparents. To this day I have a somewhat geriatric predilection for slowness and simplicity, which I'm constantly trying to balance with being a voracious learner in an ever-quickening and evolving world.
You can find my CV here.