Isabella is an Assistant Professor at UCLA in the School of Engineering. Isa was a graduate student studying physical oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, co-advised by Dr. Sarah Giddings and Dr. Geno Pawlak. She used observations to study the interaction of currents with rough bathymetry, on different spatial scales. She was also the lead graduate student on the SLOMO project studying flow around the island nation of the Seychelles. She received a Bachelor of Science in Earth Systems and a Masters of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, both from Stanford University. She completed postdoctoral positions at UC Irvine and Stanford University examining seaweed aquaculture before starting her faculty position. She is committed to interdisciplinary research, research that integrates socio-environmental systems, and actively engages with local communities as shown in her work that started as an AGU Thriving Earth Exchange fellow.