Sylvia has had the pleasure and honor of living on unceded Wiyot and Karuk land since she relocated to Northern California to attend Cal Poly Humboldt in 2014. Sylvia has 5 years of experience in the natural resources field, ranging from Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) to forestry to air quality monitoring. She has primarily worked with tribes, non-profits, and natural resource management agencies.Throughout her work a common theme has been GIS—providing mapping services, field data collection, data management, and telling stories through a geographic lens. In her various positions, Sylvia has collaborated with tribal communities, the Nature Conservancy, the US Forest Service, the US EPA, the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership, Redwood National & State Parks, and private timber management companies. A major career goal, Sylvia strives to build equitable, accessible, and sustainable human communities that thrive within the surrounding natural environment.