Resume

BirdsCaribbean • remote • part-time
Senior Cartographer, CBT Project Coordinator, Operations Officer, JCO Map Editor • April 2014–present

• Design maps, brochures, articles, blogs, and posters to support on-the-ground conservation action. Provide cartographic assistance and editing for research published in the Journal of Caribbean Ornithology.

• Manage the Caribbean Birding Trail’s (CBT) interactive web map of 500+ regional birding sites. 

• Plan and facilitate conferences and workshops, website maintenance, and social media management. Maintain website content collection and creation, and coordination with members for site additions.

Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) • remote • part-time
Cartographer, Associate • June 2015–present

• Assist community-based action conservation non-profit with cartography, workshop planning and facilitation, report preparation, and in-country coordination for the Grenadines Seabird Conservation project. 

• Develop biodiversity assessment maps and 12 trailhead maps for the Sint Maarten Conservation project.

Green Goat Maps • remote • full-time
Lead Cartographer • May–August 2025

• Executed high-quality map production for land trusts and conservation organizations, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and exceptional design standards. Maintained project efficiency and assisted in business development efforts to expand custom services. Communicated consistently and professionally with clients.  

National Geographic Partners • Evergreen, Colorado • full-time
Senior Cartographer • August 2022–April 2025 • Cartographer • July 2016–August 2022

• Created and updated map products throughout National Geographic’s Trails Illustrated topographic outdoor recreation commercial map series, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and high-quality cartographic design.

• Managed map projects from inception, handling data collection, research compilation, map production, and editorial review. Coordinated with external contractors to keep projects on schedule and maintain quality throughout the production process. Reviewed print products thoroughly prior to press to ensure error-free and publication-ready maps.

• Assisted with the design of the new Great Treks Overview and Planning map series and the Day Hikes map guide series, expanding National Geographic’s collection of adventure-focused maps.

• Developed 14 new maps and completed major revisions on 18 existing maps as the primary cartographer. Co-produced 20 additional maps with teammates and contractors and provided countless edits on teammates’ maps. Served as a map editor for 27 maps (including entire Appalachian Trail map booklet series).

• Contributed to the 11th edition of the National Geographic Atlas of the World, completing edits for 9 atlas plates alongside cartographers on the National Geographic Books team.

• Led map review processes with local land managers, incorporating their insights to improve accuracy and usability prior to publication. Traveled to review new maps in person with National Park staff. 

• Documented new production techniques and procedures through detailed how-to guides to improve efficiency and streamline workflows. Co-designed process to semi-automate trail chart revisions with scripts, expressions, and calculations.

• Developed and maintained a database of derogatory geographic name changes to be implemented across entire map catalog in accordance with the U.S. Bureau of Geographic Names (BGN).

• Founded and led professional communities to support women in cartography at National Geographic and GIS professionals at The Walt Disney Company, fostering collaboration and mentorship.

ForeFlight • Portland, Maine • full-time
Cartographer • March–May 2016

• Used iterative design to develop global interactive aeronautical cartographic navigation basemap products in Mapbox Studio, upholding aviation and mobile application user interface/experience standards.

National Geographic Society • remote • part-time
GIS Analyst • August–November 2015

• Reanalyzed and converted geospatial data from the NatGeo Magazine's State of the Amazon Basin Map (Nov 2015) in ArcGIS for use on National Geographic Education's MapMaker Interactive platform.

University of the West Indies • Saint Augustine, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago • part-time
Geoinformatics Lecturer • September–December 2014

• Taught geoinformatics (photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and spatial analysis) for an undergraduate course on Soil Surveys and Land Evaluation in the Faculty of Food and Agriculture.

Center for Community GIS • Farmington, Maine • full-time
Cartographer, GIS Specialist, Maine Trail Finder Project Coordinator • June 2013–June 2014 • Cartographer – GIS Consultant • March–June 2013 • Cartography and GIS Intern • January–March 2013

• Provided effective cartographic visualization and design for 32 diverse, mapping projects within defined budgets/timelines for local conservation trusts, land alliances, and trail associations in ArcGIS and Adobe CS. 

• Coordinated project and field work for the award-winning Maine Trail Finder interactive mapping database of 700+ non-motorized trails. Managed complete manual overhaul of trails database to new website platform. 

• Conducted fieldwork with GPS. Supervised and trained a student intern in geospatial and design technologies.

Compton Mentor Fellowship • Clifton, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Grenada • full-time
Middlebury Compton Fellow • June 2011–February 2013

• Received funding via a prestigious fellowship to facilitate a self-designed transboundary participatory mapping project to develop a comprehensive, local knowledge, GIS database in Esri ArcGIS of important historical, cultural, and ecological heritage sites. 

• Conducted interviews, community meetings, workshops, and intensive data collection and fieldwork across 26 islands and cays. Filled data gaps and served to strengthen the current joint application of the countries as a mixed (natural and cultural) marine transboundary UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Assisted The Nature Conservancy with data analyses in Marxan with Zones and Esri ArcGIS and community workshops to develop a collaborative marine spatial zoning plan to increase local capacity to protect, manage, and sustainably use the marine resources of the transboundary Grenada Bank.

National Geographic Society • Washington, District of Columbia • full-time
Geography Intern • January–April 2011

• Worked with NatGeo Live and the Giant Traveling Maps (GTM), providing design, analysis, research, cartography, and website support. Created maps for Live presentations and GTM fact cards. Staffed 25+ Live evening and weekend events in the Grosvenor Auditorium.

Middlebury Geography Department • Middlebury, Vermont • part-time
GIS Lab Monitor – GIS Tutor • September–December 2010

• Assisted undergraduate students in GIS and Spatial Visualization classes with technical questions in ArcGIS, IDRISI, and the Adobe Creative Suite. Provided research support for faculty project on remote sensing via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Middlebury Language Schools • Middlebury, Vermont • part-time
Administrative Assistant • May 2007–December 2010

• First point of contact for Language School inquiries, phone management, and general support (provided in language when possible). Generated maps, housing analyses, and assisted with graphic design.

• Part-time during the school year 2007–2010, full-time for summers 2007 and 2010, and full-time for January–February 2016.

Heritage Protection Group • remote • part-time
GIS Intern • May–September 2010

• Provided a quantitative emergency response analysis in Esri ArcGIS for Heritage Protection Group that evaluated potential sites for Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department facilities and facility upgrades resulting in an estimated project savings for the town and taxpayers of $0.75-$1 million.

Engineers Without Borders • remote • part-time
GIS Project Specialist • July–August 2010

• Indexed and georeferenced aerial imagery of study areas in Honduras in Esri ArcGIS for the University of Vermont's (Department of Community Development and Applied Economics) Chapter of Engineers without Borders.

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina • Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil • part-time
Urban Planning Research Intern • February–July 2009

• Academic internship conducting interviews and research (in Portuguese) on urban planning and the movement and participation of the popular representatives in the Participatory Planning Directorship on the island-capital of Florianópolis.

Universidade dos Açores (University of the Azores) • Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Certificate • August 2012

• Completed a certificate course at the "GIslands" Advanced International Summer School on GIS and Islands: Climate Change and Coastal Environmental Planning organized by the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-Azores). 

• Studies focused on the use and development of geotechnologies for the support and facilitation of planning and management for climate change adaptation in coastal and island environments.