Kinsey is an applied social scientist and commercial fisherman working with the Alaska Dialog on mCDR (ADM). Kinsey and her husband own and run a 58′ fishing vessel in Alaska where they harvest wild salmon, halibut, and sablefish. She works as an independent research and outreach consultant for various community lead efforts in the marine policy and fisheries development space through her company Coastal Praxis LLC. She also contributes to the ADM, whose goal is to empower Alaskan communities’ engagement of mCDR through education, resource facilitation, and capacity building.