Innoceana "in action" team
Carlos Mallo Molina
CEO and Founder
After winning a prize for innovation in construction in the UK, Carlos changed everything in his life to begin this voyage called Innoceana. A professional diver, conservation instructor, and charter marine
engineer and environmentalist. Carlos is the heart of Innoceana.
Laura Vanopdenbosch
Costa Rica Project Director
Laura left the cold lands of her country, Belgium, to find her home in the tropics between coral reefs. She trained as a yoga instructor in India and sailed the seas of the world for three years diving incredible places. Laura is also a molecular biologist.
Karyna Duran
Director of Development
Karyna is from California and has developed her profession in the world of geotechnical engineering as a business development. With her love for the ocean, she joined the team with a clear idea, ready to use her motivation for a common good.
Julia Zafra Aranda
Innotales and Education Lead
Julia is a marine biologists, scuba diver and cetacean lover. She loves teaching about the environment and Ocean, because of it she has created INNOTALES, as a tool to educate the youngest generations with interactive books. Find her in a jungle house at Costa Rica.
Isabelle Peeters
Tenerife Expeditions Lead
This Belgian-Sevillian fell in love with the sea on the cold Belgian coasts. She is a marine biologist and diving instructor and she left everything and took refuge in the Himalayas where she trained as a yoga teacher. Today you can find her among the underwater volcanic rocks in Tenerife, fighting to save the marine ecosystem.
Alicia Rodríguez Juncá
Canary Islands Projects Lead
Marine Biologist and divemaster whose body was born in Madrid but her spirit in the Ocean; pretty deep, where you can only hear the singing of deep diving dolphins and sperm-whales. She is called to be the Canarian revolution in marine conservation.
Yulián Cordero Sánchez
Costa Rica Operations Manager
Dive instructor, founder of Osa Natura and wildlife photographer has spent half of his life in the jungle surrounded by nature, the other half under the water in the Pacific South of Costa Rica. He has rescued with his hands numerous marine animals entangled in ghost fishing devices.
Carlos Mallo Molina
CEO and FounderAfter winning a prize for innovation in construction in the UK, Carlos changed everything in his life to begin this voyage called Innoceana. A professional diver, conservation instructor, and charter marine engineer and environmentalist. Carlos is the heart of Innoceana.
Laura Vanopdenbosch
Costa Rica Project DirectorLaura left the cold lands of her country, Belgium, to find her home in the tropics between coral reefs. She trained as a yoga instructor in India and sailed the seas of the world for three years diving incredible places. Laura is also a molecular biologist.
Karyna Duran
Director of DevelopmentKaryna is from California and has developed her profession in the world of geotechnical engineering as a business development. With her love for the ocean, she joined the team with a clear idea, ready to use her motivation for a common good.
Julia Zafra Aranda
Innotales and Education LeadJulia is a marine biologists, scuba diver and cetacean lover. She loves teaching about the environment and Ocean, because of it she has created INNOTALES, as a tool to educate the youngest generations with interactive books. Find her in a jungle house at Costa Rica.
Isabelle Peeters
Tenerife Expeditions LeadThis Belgian-Sevillian fell in love with the sea on the cold Belgian coasts. She is a marine biologist and diving instructor and she left everything and took refuge in the Himalayas where she trained as a yoga teacher. Today you can find her among the underwater volcanic rocks in Tenerife, fighting to save the marine ecosystem.
Alicia Rodríguez Juncá
Canary Islands Projects LeadMarine Biologist and divemaster whose body was born in Madrid but her spirit in the Ocean; pretty deep, where you can only hear the singing of deep diving dolphins and sperm-whales. She is called to be the Canarian revolution in marine conservation.
Yulián Cordero Sánchez
Costa Rica Operations ManagerDive instructor, founder of Osa Natura and wildlife photographer has spent half of his life in the jungle surrounded by nature, the other half under the water in the Pacific South of Costa Rica. He has rescued with his hands numerous marine animals entangled in ghost fishing devices.
Key Collaborators
Carlos Mendiola Oria
Desirée Luna
Maggie Seida
Rosa Molina Lobato
Carlos Luis Asensio
Margot Deville
Liam McGuire
Alejandra Portero
Karima G. López de Vargas Machuca
Collaborators
Coline Monchanin
Matthias Desmolles
Melanie Loriot
Marta Raña
Pamela Morales
Federico Salvarola
Ronald Víquez
Samuel Perez Valido
Berta Felipe
La vida no debería ser un viaje hacia la tumba con la intención de llegar a salvo con un cuerpo bonito y bien conservado, sino más bien llegar derrapando de lado, entre una nube de humo, completamente desgastado y destrozado, y proclamar en voz alta: ¡Uf! ¡Vaya viajecito!– Hunter S. Thompson.