Education

  • M.A. Geospatial Science and Applied Geography

    University of Colorado Denver - Denver, CO

    2021 - Present

  • B.A. Physical Geography

    Sacramento State University - Sacramento, CA

    2017 - 2021

    GPA: 3.7

  • B.A. Physical Geography (study abroad)

    University of Bristol - Bristol, England

    2019 - 2020

Skills and Relevant Courses

Skills

  • Hazus

  • ArcGIS Pro

  • PostgreSQL

  • R

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • MAPublisher

  • QGIS

  • Excel

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Salesforce

Relevant Courses

  • Geographic Information Systems

  • Computer Cartography

  • Remote Sensing

  • Environmental Risks, Management, and Policy

  • Climatology

  • Meteorology

  • Glacial Geomorphology

  • Geomorphology

  • Natural Disasters

  • California Water Resources

  • Applied Spatial Statistics

  • GIS Applications for the Urban Environment

  • Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications

  • Environmental Hydrology

  • Relational Database Management Systems

  • Hazard Mitigation and Vulnerability Assessments

Work/Project History

GIS Analyst | NiyamIT

July 2022 - October 2023

  •   Managed Help Desk for FEMA hazards gis software "HAZUS"

  • Answered technical questions about software and data

  • Conducted software installations and aided with error corrections

  • Assisted with/conducted analysis for users facing issues with the HAZUS Software, data structure, SQL Server, and comprehensive GIS issues.

  • Conferred with users to analyze and troubleshoot applications.

  • Used Salesforce to correspond with customers and manage/ produce help desk analytics.

  • Performed raster analysis and created maps and graphics for reports and presentations.

  • Used open-source tools to analyze dam safety impacts on flooding.

  • Processed Terabytes worth of data.

  • Performed Raster Flood Analysis

Floodplain Urbanization Research | University of Colorado, Denver

May 2022 - June 2022

  • Conducted research on urbanization in the South Platte River Basin

  • Wrote a portion comparative analysis paper of environmental and urbanization between the South Platte River Basin and The Rhone, in France.

  • Historical Digitization of city parcel maps, and city boundaries.

  • Georeferenced maps from the 1700s- 1950s.

Cartography Intern | Hachette Book Group

March 2022 - August 2022

  • Proofed layouts for book compilation

  • Facilitated the creation of cartographic works using Adobe Illustrator – MAPublisher Plug-in for Moon Travel Guides

  • Exporting map layouts for book publishing

  • Data creation

  • Sorted, organized, and maintained files.