Lauren fraser

FIELD LOGISTICS SPECIALIST - OPERATIONS LEAD

Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina

Current Residence: Kailua, O’ahu

Lauren has had the joy of working with PMDP since 2022 and is excited to enter her 4th field season on the team. As a surfer and diver, she has a deep love for the sea that has turned into a lifelong pursuit for cleaner oceans. It was this passion that brought her to the Hawaiian Islands - to clean the places where otherʻs trash washes up. She’s been a resident of the east side of Oʻahu since 2016 and has dedicated that time to studying and working with marine debris in multiple capacities - in the lab, on the beach, and in the ocean. In 2019, Lauren obtained a Master’s in Marine Science at Hawaiʻi Pacific University with the Center for Marine Debris Research, where she researched plastic pollution in Papahānaumokuākea. Being a part of PMDP the past three years has been a huge honor for Lauren and she is stoked for the opportunity to go back!