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VéroniqueÌýcoordinatesÌýdata-sharing between ÃÛèÖAPP and our partners to support proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area projects and build enhanced mapping products that support high-priority Indigenous Protected Area proposals.

Véronique'sÌýjourney as a conservation scientist started on the tropical paradise island, Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. After completing a B.S.Ìýin Biology with a focus on Ecology, she worked as a wildlife biologist for 3 years leading the successful translocation ofÌýTerpsiphone desolataÌýthe Mauritius Paradise Flycatcher. In addition, she also worked on the monitoring of a wide variety of critically endangered species with extensive collaborations across teams on the conservation efforts of passerine, raptors, amphibians, and plants inÌýMauritius, Seychelles, and the United States. She also worked in Seychelles Islands on the control and eradication of invasive species in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In 2018, she relocated to the United StatesÌýas a Fulbright scholarÌýto complete an M.S.Ìýin Biodiversity, Conservation, and Policy at the University at Albany. She also worked for a year as a Geospatial Information System (GIS) and Technology Fellow with ÃÛèÖAPP’s Enterprise GIS team. Now as the Principal and founder of Geospatial Equity Tech she supports the Boreal Science Program with the partnership between Ducks Unlimited Canada and the ÃÛèÖAPP.

In her spare time, she can be found hiking, birdwatching, listening to podcasts, reading, blog writing, and teaching Zumba as a certified instructor.