Marie Jessica Gabriel is a forester by profession. She graduated BS Forestry at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines in 2017. She finished MSc in Sustainable Tropical Forestry at Bangor University, United Kingdom and MSc in Forests and Livelihoods at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 2021. Currently, she works as an assistant professor at the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños. Her research interests include the application of geographic information systems and remote sensing in forestry and the impacts of environmental change on livelihoods.