Eugénia Barroca is the Regional Representative for Lusofonia and Europe at the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA), the world's largest global network of Ocean Leaders. She is also an Ambassador for the Blue School Program and between 2019 and 2020 she was also a Young Atlantic Ambassador of Portugal, in the AANChOR project. In 2022, she was considered “Heroine of the Ocean” by the President of the Republic Dr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and in 2023 she joined the Reflection Group The Future Has Started in which she discusses the great national and global goals with the President of the Republic and Portuguese youth. In 2021, Eugénia provided scientific consultancy in the production of the documentary series "Rios Urbanos" about 12 Portuguese estuaries, which premiered on November 13th on RTP2. Over the last ten years, she has played an active role in several environmental volunteering projects in national and international organizations. Eugénia Barroca has a degree in Marine Biology from the University of Algarve and is currently studying for a master's degree in Applied Marine Biology at the University of Aveiro.

Eugénia will be presenting 'What is the SOA doing to #DefendTheDeep?' at the MAD-Deep Symposium.