I have spent the last 2.5 years working as the primary GIS analyst for the Global Mediterranean Habitat Analysis conducted by The Nature Conservancy, California. I live in Oakland, California, and I love the rolling green (in the winter) and gold (in the summer) hills of the Mediterranean woodlands in the East Bay Hills. Prior to working at The Nature Conservancy, I obtained a Masters Degree in City Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. I grew up in Maine, but it will be hard for me to move out of the Mediterranean biome now.