Paola Díaz Freire works as the Communications Manager for the Charles Darwin Research Station in Galapagos. She is from Ecuador and a permanent Galapagos resident. She has worked in Communications since 1999 in Galapagos and in Community Engagement since 2006 in Australia and the Middle East. She has an Environmental Science degree and a Master’s in Communications and Public Relations from the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom.