Katy Zhen (she/​her) is a 2025 Amer­i­can Fish­eries Soci­ety (AFS) Hut­ton Junior Fish­eries Biol­o­gy Schol­ar. She is a ris­ing senior at Castille­ja High School who is inter­est­ed in all aspects of sus­tain­abil­i­ty and envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence. She is sup­port­ing RAEL’s research on the simul­ta­ne­ous growth of blue econ­o­my indus­tries and marine renew­able energy.