Lauren Long Lauren Long is an Environmental Scientist and Pacific Learning Services Coordinator for NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM). She sits in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi supporting Pacific partners in their learning interests, connecting them with OCM resources, and bringing needs back to the national office to inform product development and delivery. Lauren also works on OCM's national nature-based solutions portfolio of learning products and services. Lauren holds a master of environmental studies from the College of Charleston and a bachelor of marine science from Coastal Carolina University