World Population Day 2023

Marian joined Population Connection as a Field Fellow in 2007. She has an MSc in Population and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Psychology (with a minor in Child Development and Family Relations) from the University of Maine.

She is originally from Maine, where she currently lives with her husband and their dog, Penny, a feisty little chihuahua-Yorkie mix. Her two late beagles are never far from her thoughts—they were terribly behaved, but she misses them dearly!

Marian has been a clinic escort since 2007, first at an independent clinic in Alexandria, Virginia, and, since 2012, at Planned Parenthood in Portland, Maine. She also served on the Board of Directors of SAFE, Maine’s abortion fund, for five years, most of that time in executive roles.

Marian’s hobbies include attending concerts and music festivals, hiking with her dog, reading fiction, and volunteering for her local wildlife rehab.

Hannah is interested in working with students, professors, and activists to promote positive social and environmental change. Hannah’s work investigates the ways in population dynamics intersect with global social, political, economic, and environmental systems and advocates for integrated developmental solutions that simultaneously combat climate change and societal injustices. She develops and gives comprehensive, solution-oriented presentations focused on the connections between global population growth, access to health care and education, women’s empowerment, and climate adaptation. Through an examination of some of the root causes of high fertility, her work seeks to highlight the interconnections between poverty, resource use and consumption, population pressures, women’s rights, and environmental challenges made worse by climate change.

Hannah works as a Senior Analyst at Population Connection, where she focuses on public speaking and the development of open-source, academic-style resources. She also cultivates partnerships between Population Connection and international NGOs. Before joining Population Connection’s staff, Hannah worked as an adjunct professor of Women’s Studies and taught classes on gender, science, and feminist theory. She has non-profit experience working as a program developer for sustainable agriculture and public health programs in Honduras and Panama and has worked as a researcher studying food security issues throughout Southern California. Hannah holds a BA in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Conservation and Political Science and a Master’s in Political Ecology from San Diego State University, where her research focused on sustainability labeling and ethical consumption between the United States and Nicaragua.

Olivia joined Population Connection in 2022. She holds an MSc and a BSc in Zoology and has been working in environmental communications since she graduated in 2014. Olivia enjoys working for the population cause as it combines her two greatest passions: conservation and women’s rights.