Impressive stories of women using geospatial technology to create
sustainable solutions for problems the world faces.
The third volume in the Women and GIS series shows how 31 diverse women
in various STEAM fields discovered their passion, broke down barriers,
and used maps, analysis, imagery, and geographic information systems
(GIS) to advance their fields and improve the world. Sharing their
experiences from childhood and throughout their careers, each woman
reveals her journey in an inspiring recollection of the obstacles she
has overcome, the knowledge she has gained along the way, and how
tenacity and determination have helped her succeed. Each woman shares
tips and words of wisdom that she's gained along the way, including:
- Priscilla Mbama Abasi: "Think big! Think about going to space, think
about building things no one has seen before."
- Arianna Armelli: "If you are like me and crave the freedom to
explore a path of the unknown, aka entrepreneurship, a career in STEM
will foster the technical foundation to achieve those goals."
- Gabi Fleury: "The best advice I was given starting out was 'forge
your own path.' Conservation isn't a structured, straight-line career,
you can get into it in many ways. This is exciting, but it also can be
really challenging, because you have to be flexible, innovative, and
always on the lookout for the next opportunity."
- Healy Hamilton: "Success, to me, is a daily feeling that you are
living true to your values, that you are meaningfully contributing to
the world you want to create."
- Katharine Hayhoe: "While it's important to have people you respect
and trust give you feedback at key points in your career, when it all
comes down to it, you have to make the decisions that feel right for
you, not the ones that necessarily look best on paper. You're the one
who has to live with them."
Featuring strong, persevering women from around the globe, the stories
found in Women and GIS, Volume 3: Champions of a Sustainable World
will inspire readers who are developing their own life stories to strive
for success and achieve amazing accomplishments.
