Marina
Jimenez

She has worked for six newsrooms in three provinces, including stints as an editorial writer at The Globe and Mail, foreign writer for the Toronto Star and on-air reporter for CBC Alberta News. She is the recipient of two Gold National Magazine Awards and a National Newspaper Award for her work on the immigration beat. In 2009/10, she was a Southam Journalism Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto.

Following her career in journalism, Marina worked for five years at the University of Toronto, and for four years at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, UHN and the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.

A Fellow of the RCGS, she has travelled by sea with the Society in the Eastern Arctic and Atlantic Canada, including Sable Island, as well as to Panama and Costa Rica. She is a contributor to Canadian Geographic Travel.

With a lifelong love of travel, Marina believes everyone benefits from the change in perspective, alternate sense of place and creativity that flow from travelling and experiencing other cultures and destinations.

She has visited all of Canada's 10 provinces and three territories, and counts among her most delightful memories Fogo Island, Newfoundland, for its rugged beauty and unique culture; Devon Island, for its stunning solitude and vistas; and the spectacular hikes and trails of Lake Louise, Alberta. Global highlights include hiking through Peru's Sacred Valley, the amazing creatures of the Galápagos Islands (blue-footed boobies among them) and the timeless countryside of Tuscany, Italy.