Marinez holds a degree in Biological Sciences (Federal University of Santa Catarina/Brazil) and a PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of Cádiz/Spain. She is an associate professor and teaches Integrated Coastal Management and Marine Space Planning at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. At UFSC she is the Head of the Oceanographic Department and Research Leader of the Integrated Coastal Management Laboratory – LAGECI. Marinez is also a visiting professor at the University of Cádiz/Spain for the Master in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. She has been a Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning ana Management trainer (Blue Planning in Practice, BPiP – GIZ) since 2017, having trained teams in South and North America, Africa, countries in the East Asian Sea Region and at the Ocean Teachers Global Academy (OTGA, IOC/UNESCO). Additionally, Marinez was part of a thematic group of experts whose role was to support the Global Marine Spatial Planning Experts Group (IOC-UNESCO) while writing the MSP International Guide (launched in 2021). Marinez also coordinated the development of a roadmap and draft work plan for the Marine Space Planning (MSP) in Guyana, the work plan for an MSP pilot project in the state of Pernambuco (Brazil) and worked as a consultant in support of the MSP Dialogue in the Caribbean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem, in partnership with the GEF-UNDP-UNOPS PROCARIBE+ project. She is Technical Director of the Brazilian Coastal Management Agency, one of the Brazilian Coordinators of the Ibero-American Coastal Management Network (IBERMAR) and Editor-in-Chief of Costas Journal (IBERMAR and UNESCO's technical-scientific journal for coastal and marine management). She is a member of three different IUCN groups: the Task Force for Nature Conservation in Urban Areas; the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Ecosystem Management Commission (CEM).