Tonya Wiley anakhazikitsa Havenworth Coastal Conservation m’chaka cha 2010 pofuna kulimbikitsa kagwiritsidwe ntchito kosatha ndi kasungidwe ka zinthu za m’nyanja kudzera mu kafukufuku, kufalitsa uthenga, ndi maphunziro. Atatumikira zaka zinayi ku US Navy, Tonya analandira digiri ya Bachelor of Science mu Marine Fisheries kuchokera ku Texas A&M University ku Galveston mu 1998. Atamaliza maphunziro ake, anamaliza maphunziro a internship ndi South African White Shark Research Institute ndi US Geological Survey-Biological Resources Division. Tonya poyamba ankagwira ntchito ku Coastal Fisheries Division ya Texas Parks and Wildlife Department monga Marine Finfish Hatchery Technician, Ecosystem Management Technician, ndi Fisheries Outreach Specialist; komanso bungwe la Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Shark Research Sawfish Research Project lomwe likuchita kafukufuku wa sayansi yoteteza nyama zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha. Tonya ndiye adayambitsa Havenworth Coastal Conservation kuti aphatikize zokonda zake pakufufuza zachitetezo komanso kufalitsa anthu kuti alimbikitse chitetezo cha zamoyo zam'madzi zomwe zili pachiwopsezo komanso malo awo. Kafukufuku waposachedwa wa Tonya amayang'ana kwambiri pakufufuza komwe kumachitika, kugawa, kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa malo, mayendedwe, ndi machitidwe a nsomba zam'madzi zomwe zili pachiwopsezo cha kutha, shaki, ndi cheza kudera lalikulu la Tampa Bay ku Florida kuti adziwitse kasamalidwe ndi kasamalidwe. Amathandizira anthu kuti alimbikitse kasungidwe ka nsomba za macheka ndi kulimbikitsa anthu kuti azipereka malipoti pagulu la nsomba za macheka kuti awonetsetse kuti nsomba zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha ku United States zachira. Tonya pano ndi Mtsogoleri wa Gulu la US Sawfish Recovery, lopangidwa ndi abwenzi ochokera ku boma la feduro ndi boma, mabungwe omwe si aboma, mayunivesite, ndi mafakitale asodzi, omwe ndi atsogoleri a kafukufuku, kufalitsa ndi maphunziro, ndi zoyeserera ku United States kuteteza nsomba zotsalazo ndikumanganso anthu.
