Naomi is the Project Activity Lead at West Africa Blue, where she oversees the implementation of our different community-focused project activities in Sierra Leone. Before joining Blue, Naomi worked as the Conservation Manager at Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary where she managed community-based conservation projects – research, education and alternative livelihoods – across remote areas in Sierra Leone. She also spent time as a grant writer for the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. Naomi holds a master’s degree in primatology from the Universitat de Girona, Spain and a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.