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NASA Acres is NASA's new U.S.-focused agriculture and food security consortium.

I work as a lab instructor, teaching assistant, and tutor for the Geographic Information System (GIS) Certificate Program across the Colorado Mountain College campuses. Courses that I have assisted in or am currently assisting in include: Introduction to GIS, Intermediate GIS, GPS for GIS, Cartography, Remote Sensing

Yampa Valley Sustainability Council (YVSC) is an environmental nonprofit serving the Northwest Colorado region.

Global Inheritance is a nonprofit organization that creates thought provoking experiences surrounding global environmental and social issues for attendees at large events.

I worked as the Team Lead for a project focusing on Hawaii Water Resources. For this project my team will be partnered up with the Nature Conservancy and the Puu O Hoku farm on Molokai, Hawaii to assess how the o'hia rust outbreak impacted forest health and watershed dynamics.

My team partnered up with the National Parks Service and the United States Geological Survey to improve invasive species management practices by incorporating NASA Earth Observations to our partners current methodology.

In the Fall of 2019 I worked on an applied science research team with NASA DEVELOP. My team partnered up with stakeholders from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve conservation management practices of Crop Wild Relatives. This project was a feasibility analysis that assessed how NASA satellites could be used to enhance our partner's current methodology. By focusing on wild cranberries, our team found interesting patterns that suggest that spectral information derived… Show more In the Fall of 2019 I worked on an applied science research team with NASA DEVELOP. My team partnered up with stakeholders from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve conservation management practices of Crop Wild Relatives. This project was a feasibility analysis that assessed how NASA satellites could be used to enhance our partner's current methodology. By focusing on wild cranberries, our team found interesting patterns that suggest that spectral information derived from satellites can be used to improve habitat distribution models. Show less

I worked with the Geospatial Coordinator at the University of California Los Angeles to redevelop the online lecture video series for the Geospatial Information Systems & Technology (GIS & T) introductory course. The purpose of this job was to redevelop the current lecture series to:1) Update the course information to be more closely aligned and reflective of the new course textbook2) Redevelop the course series to be more dynamic and engaging

I served as a wilderness guide in the Outdoor Leadership Training Program (OLT) at the University of California, Los Angeles. I ranked as a Primary Guide which meant I was the primary lead for trips I guided throughout California and neighboring states with over 40 days in the field. (Yosemite NP, Death Valley NP, Joshua Tree NP, Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP, Santa Cruz Island, Big Sur, Inyo National Forest, Black Canyon of the Colorado River).