Dr. Maria Antonieta "Antoinette" Nestor, completed her PhD at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin where she specialised in community economic development lawyering. She also holds a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin (UCD) and an LLM from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where she pioneered the Public Interest Law & Policy specialisation. She is also a trained legal interpreter and translator, and holds a diploma in journalism. She is also an Associate Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and Secretariat member at the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI).