Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems
Mariana Rivera-Torres supports Environmental Defense Fund’s California Groundwater Project to advance research, community engagement, and multistakeholder collaboration to promote sustainable and equitable water management. Mariana has a masters degree in Water, Society and Policy from the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. Her research focused on transboundary water governance in the Colorado River. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 2015 to 2017 and completed her bachelors degree at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Prior to joining EDF, Mariana worked as a water and natural resources facilitator. She was raised in Mexico and has had the opportunity to live and work with communities in the United States, Guatemala, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa.