Our Team
Oriana Wouters
Project Manager
Oriana Wouters is a climate justice advocate and founder of IDNOVA, leading community-driven projects that connect nature, equity, and resilience. She manages “Feelin’Hot”, a Caribbean climate heat mapping initiative, and has over a decade of experience in marine management, policy, and grassroots action. Oriana bridges local knowledge with global frameworks, contributes to international climate justice efforts, and champions decolonized, identity-driven adaptation. Her mission is to build inclusive, transparent, and Indigenous-informed governance that reflects the values of communities and ecosystems that we serve.
Stacey Alvarez de la Campa
HR & Facilitator
Stacey Alvarez de la Campa is a legal and educational consultant and environmental activist with a background in Literature & Linguistics, Law, Education, and Nordic Studies. She is the Co-Founder and Vice-President of the NGO Climate Rights & Justice International, and is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Island Studies with the University of Malta, specialising in Climate Adaptation.
Stacey has embraced career roles such as working with the University of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance’s Ocean Explorers Programme. She is a member of the 2021-2022 cohort of the Anant Fellowship for Climate Action, and has successfully completed Climate Leadership Training with the Climate Reality Project under the guidance of former Vice-President Al Gore. She is also jointly certified in Climate Law and Governance by The University of Cambridge, The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law.
Muskaan Khemani
Data Scientist
Muskaan Khemani is the data scientist for the Feelin’Hot Project. She is driven to bring about justice-forward climate resilience solutions for her home island, Curaçao, and other small islands vulnerable to climate change. Her formal training is in environmental science, with concentrations in geographic information system and remote sensing. She also has professional experience working in the intersection of climate and health.
Christie Mettes
Data Scientist
Christie Mettes is an Aruban environmental scientist, with a Masters Degree from Utrecht University. A co-founder of Metabolic Foundation with her partner Tony Sevold. Metabolic Foundation runs three key projects in Aruba: brenchie’s lab maker space, plastic beach party recycling and surfside science environmental monitoring. All projects which aim to leverage open source technology to breach gaps in key sustainability challenges for Aruba. She’s also a part time lecturer at the University of Aruba.
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Tracey Edwards
Jamaica Surveyor
Data Analyst
Tracey Edwards is a Jamaican environmental professional with over 16 years of experience in climate change adaptation, marine conservation, and disaster risk management. She holds a BSc in Marine Biology and Geography and is currently pursuing an MPhil in Sustainable Development. Her work spans community engagement, environmental education, and nature-based solutions across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.
As Founder of Plakortis Earth Café and National Coordinator for the UNESCO IOCARIBE Blue Schools Programme, Tracey has led regional advocacy campaigns, school-based climate initiatives, and coastal restoration efforts. She brings a strong focus on youth, vulnerable populations, and education for sustainable development.
In the UNESCO Heat Mapping Project, Tracey supports field research and community-level assessments to document the impact of heat on marginalized groups. Her expertise bridges science, policy, and community action, with a passion for ensuring inclusive climate solutions and building resilience from the ground up.
Sahar Thomson
Timothy van der Duim
Data Analyst
Timothy van der Duim, son of a Caribbean mother and a Dutch father, was born in the Netherlands and was raised partly in Curaçao. Despite living in Europe for many years, he has maintained strong ties to the Caribbean. From a very young age, he has been intrigued by environmental sustainability, thinking about smart ways to reduce anthropogenic emissions and mitigate climate effects. He has an educational background in aerospace engineering, climate physics and applied data science, and has years of experience as a data scientist and R&D engineer in air quality and climate effects, mostly related to the transport sector.
Born and raised on the island of Sint Maarten to an Afro-Caribbean father and a Persian mother, Sahar was raised to have a strong understanding of the interconnectedness between the local and the global. Sahar has lived in the Caribbean, Europe, South America and North America, and has made deep connections with people from every continent (except for Antarctica). Sahar has an academic background in cultural studies and community development, and has worked for the last 5+ years in youth development and event facilitation. In her time studying and working at global organizations like United World College, Tilting Futures, Quest University Canada and Future Generations University, Sahar has gained a deep understanding of social impact and the labor of love behind making meaningful, lasting change.
Sarah Macaraeg
Sarah Macaraeg is an award-winning writer and journalist whose work blends oral history, data analysis and actionable expert insights to explore solutions to issues impacting marginalized communities. She supports the Feelin’ Hot project’s analysis of hundreds of interviews with vulnerable community members from across the constituent islands.
As a former Chicago Tribune and USA Today network journalist, Macaraeg’s environmental reporting helped to halt the construction of a crude oil pipeline atop a drinking water aquifer; regulate a company that violated the Clean Water Act; and identify Chicago neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by urban heat, in partnership with Muskaan Khemani and Boston University’s Center for Climate and Health.
She’s received the Best Reporting on Climate Change award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the national Sidney Award for Outstanding Reporting in the Public Interest, a Salute to Excellence from the National Association of Black Journalists and the Restorative Narrative Award from Images and Voices of Hope.