Amelia Zaino
Current location
- Bronx, New York
Date of Graduation from Lehman
- May 2015
Type of degree/major/specialization/certificate: Master of Science in Geographic Information Science
Positions held since graduating:
- Adjunct Lecturer, CUNY
- Museum Educator, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
- Youth Programs Coordinator, Wave Hill
Specific accomplishments of which you are most proud: I’ve created maps for children’s education programs on the Hutchinson River, the Ridgewood Reservoir, and the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. I love that I can use maps to tell stories about New York City’s hidden environmental treasures.
Geography or GISc activities and/or accomplishments, awards, internships, publications:
Winner, Best Graduate Student Poster, Westchester GIS User Group Meeting
Trainer, iMapInvasives
Overall assessment of how Lehman’s EEGS Program prepared you for your current life: The program taught me a lot about problem solving. It's something I sorely needed.
What else have you been up to?
As part of an ongoing project, I am working with a group on City Island that is looking to help restore the oyster population of Eastchester Bay. I am mapping logistics, as well as water quality conditions.
