'She Shows Humans How To Live And Think Better': Marina Del Rey Hero

MARINA DEL REY, CA — When times are tough, heroes emerge. We all know someone who's making a difference right now as we live through unprecedented and changing times.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize these heroes making a difference in their communities. We’re working to let all your neighbors know about these outstanding people and their stories.

This submission comes from Sara Newton who nominated Christy Mama of Marina Del Rey. Newton works with Mama on Conservation Comedy for Plastic Oceans International.

Local hero’s full name

Christy Mama

Local hero’s home state

California

Local hero’s Patch

Marina Del Rey

How do you know the local hero?

Co-worker

What does the local hero do?

Ocean clean-ups

Why do you believe the local hero should be recognized or honored?

This awesome human organizes beach clean-ups in Venice. She also takes her boat around the marina collecting trash after the rains. Christy is always pulling some plastics from our bay.

What's one thing you want everyone to know about the local hero?

Christy lives by example. She shows humans how to live and think better in their little world by not walking past trash on the beach or by using less plastic. She lives by “Every little bit helps”.

Thank you for all you do, Christy Mama!

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