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Before joining SOAS, Daniella worked as a Fishery Officer focused on Social Protection in the Fisheries Division at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 

There, she coordinated the implementation of the “Social Protection for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector” (SocPro4Fish) project. In this capacity, she spearheaded the creation of a global database focused on social protection programmes that target and reach the fisheries and aquaculture sector. 

Daniella also led initiatives to design fishers’ registries that were interoperable with social protection systems, conducted research to enhance social protection implementation within the sector, formulated data collection surveys, developed training resources, facilitated capacity-building courses, and supported the implementation of field activities in Colombia, Paraguay, and Tunisia. Additionally, Daniella facilitated inter-institutional policy dialogues and supported country-level partners in building their capacity and designing and implementing social protection programmes for the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Daniella also monitored the project’s implementation and developed progress reports for key stakeholders and donors. 

Prior to this position, Daniella worked as a consultant on poverty reduction in the fisheries sector at FAO. In this capacity, she researched how climate change affects poverty and vulnerability within fisheries and aquaculture communities by evaluating actions targeting these issues within the climate change adaptation framework at both international and national levels. She also conducted a global assessment of bycatch utilisation concerning poverty reduction, food security, and nutrition. Moreover, she facilitated capacity-building courses focused on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries management and supported the implementation of the Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) project. 

Daniella holds a BA in Political Science and Human Rights from Trinity College (USA) and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge (UK). 

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Salazar Herrera, D. (2020). COVID-19 impacts on food security: An opportunity to address old problems. Cambridge Global Food Security Network. 

Kalikoski, D., Jentoft, S., Charles, A., Salazar Herrera, D., Cook, K., Béné, C., & Allison, E. (2018). Chapter 2: Understanding the impacts of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture: Applying a poverty lens. In M. Barange, T. Bahri, M. C. M. Beveridge, K. L. Cochrane, S. Funge-Smith, & F. Poulain (Eds.), Understanding the impacts of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture: Applying a poverty lens. FAO.

• Economic informality and labour markets
• Fisheries
• Labour regimes
• Social protection and welfare
• Institutions
• Latin America