I am a student in the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This is a one-year M.S. program from which I expect to graduate after a capstone internship in Summer 2025. I am studying topics such as:

• desktop- and web-based GIS
• remote sensing and image correction/interpretation
• spatial analysis with vector and raster data
• cartography and data presentation
• spatial databases and queries
• extract-transform-load workflows

At UMass, I am building upon my studies at Middlebury College, from which I graduated in May 2024 with a B.A. in Conservation Biology. At Middlebury, I was fortunate to be able to take many courses in the Geography department, including several which engaged me in GIS. I learned about the principles of open source GIS, remote sensing, and cartography, the value of a workflow-based approach for geospatial solutions, and the ways in which spatial analysis addresses important questions in the environmental sector.

I strive to use what I have learned about GIS and remote sensing at both of these institutions at a full-time geospatial position in Fall 2025.