Jeida kaleinani ostrowski

Marine Debris Technician II

Hometown: Kalihi Valley, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Current Residence: Kalihi Valley, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Kalei is grateful to have had some of her best memories with the ocean, being born and raised on Oʻahu. These experiences fostered her passion for aloha ʻāina and conservation, which led her to study Marine Biology at Hawaiʻi Pacific University. Since then, she worked at the Coral Reef Ecology lab at Moku o Loʻe, served as a natural resource management assistant for the NOAA Habitat Conservation Division and Lalo Resilience Strategy, and is currently a Hawaiʻi Marine Fellow with The Nature Conservancy. When she’s not using her passionate energy to pound out some marine debris, you can find her dancing Hula, attempting to take on another crafty hobby, and at the beach with her pup. 

Kalei is excited and honored to return to Papahānaumokuākea for her second season, to help carry out PMDP’s mission to steward, care for, and perpetuate the inspiring resources of these kupuna islands.