Marie has been working with wildlife since 2001 and specializes in aquatic birds and oiled wildlife response. She is an oiled wildlife specialist and rehabilitation manager with Focus Wildlife, and has responded to spills in the US and internationally. She serves on the Wild Neighbors Database Project board and previously served on the boards of California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators and Bird Ally X. She volunteers at Native Songbird Care and Conservation and is a BeachWatch volunteer with the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. She is a co-founder of Bird Ally X and co-author of An Introduction to Aquatic Bird Rehabilitation.