Lutece has an M.A in Social Justice/Community Organizing and a B.A in Environmental/Marine Studies.
Her career includes time spent at Prescott’s Kino Bay Center, a field station in Mexico, where she observed by boat the islands, estuaries, oyster farms, and shrimp aquaculture. She inspected various gear used and its environmental impacts, and she went on shrimp trawlers to observe and take notes on by-catch. She also sighted and documented marine mammals and tagged sea turtles.
She traveled to Belize to conduct research on the effects of climate change on coastal communities and lionfish, which involved data collection and scuba dives. She is a certified PSO and trained in site inspection and monitoring activities to identify and document the presence of protected species in designated areas.
Lutece is collaborating with IRMA on an evaluation project—RESEMBID. Her role includes reviewing reports, assisting with research tasks, and evaluating marine projects on-site in the OCTs.
Her working languages are English and French.
