American artist and environmental activist
Mara Gercik Haseltine (born 22 February 1971) is an American artist and environmental activist who has shown and worked internationally. She collaborates with scientists and engineers to create her work, which focuses on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.
Early life and family.
Her father is an American geneticist Dr. William A. Haseltine, a professor of biochemistry at Harvard University.
Career.
Haseltine has worked internationally and collaborated with scientists and engineers to focus on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.
Artist.
Haseltine worked for feminist French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle and created mosaics in Normandy and France. She has built the 'Waltz of the Polypeptides,' 'SARS Inhibited.' 
Environmental activist.
She is the Art Director of Geotherapy Art Institute Associates.
Recognition.
Haseltine has featured in the film 'Invisible Ocean: Plankton &amp; Plastic' to reveal a microscopic threat found beneath the ocean. She has been featured in the book 'Confronting Morality with Science and Art,' written by Pascale Pollier-Green.