After a brief stint in Oregon Tech's Geomatics program in 2003, I moved back to my hometown and fell in love with the service industry, spending many years barttending; telling stories, solving problems and cultivating customer relationships has always been a passion of mine. As time passed, I felt pulled back into the world of geography, to be able to solve problems, answer questions and tell stories spatially. At the same time, I heeded the call of a previous desire in the world of hospitality. As a night auditor, I foster relationships with repeat, long term clients from around the globe. This opportunity has given me the ability to take on more of an organizational role as well, with a greater responsibility reconciling the accounting of operations and discovering/repairing variances, the latter which I recover an average of 96% in unaccounted revenue variance on a day to day basis.Recently starting the GIS certificate program at Portland Community College, I have adapated my projects to my daily life, answering a personal question that others face: finding safe/ideal walking routes for dog owners. I have learned how multi-faceted a project can be when looking at different angles and attributing its worth to different people. I strive to tell stories and answer questions using maps, to help those in my community and beyond. Being able to capture imagery for individual projects using UAS interests me a great deal, and I look forward to earning my Part 107 certification and enhance my image capture abilities to further understand the world from a birds eye view.Email: andrew.baylis@pcc.eduPortfolio: https://arcg.is/15uTOn