Current Projects
Mary is currently hosting and producing content for Wiley Higher Education and the first education series on biology for Mahalo.com
Hosting Experience
Host and Producer for the following video productions:
Humans & Environment Videos: 2011 College Textbook Release, Wiley International, 2010
Biology Channel Host, Mahalo.com, 2010/2011
Coyote Valley: Connecting People, Connecting Wildlife, 3rdLightProductions, 2009
Science Cafes with Down to a Science, VidSF & SFGate, 2009
Summer Fun at the San Francisco Zoo, VidSF, 2009
SF Green Drinks Draws Lively Crowd, VidSF, 2009
Invasion of the Land Animals: Aquarium of the Bay, VidSF, 2009
Nightlife at The California Academy of Sciences, VidSF, 2009
Film Festival Awards
-Honorable Mention for Advocacy, 33rd International Wildlife Film Festival for Coyote Valley: Connecting People, Connecting
Wildlife, 2010
-Honorable Mention for Conservation Message, 33rd International Wildlife Film Festival for Coyote Valley: Connecting People, Connecting
Wildlife, 2010
-Honorable Mention for Seas the Day Film Competition Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, for Go Fish!, 2009
Special Skills
NAUI Certified SCUBA diver, sea kayaking, river rafting, hiking,
indoor rock climbing, outdoor repelling, equestrian, GPS navigation,
camping, trail runner, excellent swimmer, outdoor adventure enthusiast
Certified live animal trapping & handling, GIS/GPS tracking, habitat
mapping, species field identification (plant and animal), animal
tracking (scat, tracks, and sign), exotic animal handling and captive
animal training.
TV Hosting Expert Topics
Animals, Nature and Ecology
Conservation Science
Environmentalism / Going Green
Education
-M.S., Biological Sciences, Organismal, Conservation & Ecology
-B.A., Biological Sciences
Experience
-University instructor of biology and environmental sciences
-Environmental education outreach coordinator
-Published field ecologist
Host Training
-Comedy Coaching, Sammy Wegent, San Francisco Comedy College
-Become a Host: Television Hosting, Marki Costello (CMEG), Los Angeles, Ca
-Interview Skills, BAVC, San Francisco, Ca
-Hollywood Hosting 101, Annie Roberts (E! Entertainment Television, Inc), Los Angeles
-TV Hosting and On-Camera Intensive, Paul Ryan, Los Angeles, Ca
-Film Production and Content Creation, Academy Award Winner Larry
Meistrich (Slingblade, NEHST Studios and the Shooting
Gallery) and Antonia Ellis (Producer, Sex and the City)