Kerllen Costa is the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project's country director in Angola. Costa also works as a research assistant with the project’s science team while on expeditions and is a key link to the remote communities across the project area in southeastern Angola. A citizen of Angolan, he holds a B.Sc. in environmental science and biology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and has experience in zoology and botany.