Before joining Maliasili, Josia worked as the Environment Manager of a large mining company, with extensive experience in high-level strategic planning, large team performance management, and operations and compliance management. Early in her career, she founded IMPACT Madagascar, a Malagasy organization to foster sustainable environmental change in Madagascar through community-led conservation initiatives. In addition to receiving the prestigious Whitley Award for conservation leaders, she also received the Nature-based Solutions Award, which supports climate-smart community-based programs in Madagascar. Josia completed her Ph.D. in Primatology and Conservation from Oxford Brookes University. At Maliasili, Josia uses her community-driven natural resources management skills and experience to foster the organizational development and capacities of Malagasy grassroots conservation organizations.