Adamarie Márquez Acevedo hails from Carolina, Puerto Rico (Borikén), where she was raised alongside the beaches and rivers, learning the rhythms of Borikén with her abuelas. Although she comes from a multicultural family, she maintains strong Arawak-Taíno cultural roots that continue to shape how she understands her relationship with Land, community, and science.

A first-generation college student, Adamarie moved to the continental United States to pursue undergraduate degrees in Animal Science and Global Resource Systems at Iowa State University. She later made her way to the Pacific Northwest to complete her doctorate in Physiology at the University of Idaho. There, she fell in love with the Land and eventually settled in Oregon with her partner.

For more than a decade, Adamarie has worked alongside communities to develop Land-based STEM programming that recognizes cultural knowledge as essential to how we understand, care for, and learn from the natural world. Her work centers on investing in the next generation of STEM talent while creating spaces where cultural teachings and scientific knowledge can exist alongside one another. She is particularly passionate about supporting young people in using both to strengthen their communities and advance Land sovereignty across the Americas.

At AISES, Adamarie co-creates STEM curricula rooted in cultural teachings in partnership with community leaders, Elders, and Native-serving schools across Oregon. Beyond AISES, she is involved in several professional organizations working to weave Indigenous epistemologies into STEM research, education, mentorship, and professional development.

Outside of work, Adamarie enjoys nerding out about mitochondria, getting into shenanigans with her family, listening to comedy podcasts, and sleeping near bodies of water or beneath the canopy of a tree. She finds joy in listening to leaves rustle, admiring our relatives and Creation, and curling up on the sofa with her cats, Lilith and Iro.