My name is Eryn Mantey and I was born and raised in Colorado! From a young age I’ve been fascinated with the environment which pushed me to pursuing a major in geography with a concentration in GIS and a minor in political science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Although I received my degree in geography, I majored in environmental science for my first three years at CU, so the development of sustainable solutions is very near and dear to my heart. Along my academic journey I found GIS to be a very important and versatile tool in combating climate change that I could do my part in utilizing in order to aid mitigation and adaptation efforts. I have had the opportunity to accrue experience with a myriad of GIS softwares such as ArcGIS Pro, Google Earth Engine, QGIS, and Esri as well as coding with Python, and I am very excited to learn more!

My first three years as an environmental science student lent me the knowledge about our climate and projected changes it may face. I found transportation and urban sustainability to be my special interests. I have conducted much research and written for both academic and voluntary reasons about walkability, city planning, and public transportation. My fourth year, I dipped my toe in GIS technology and it captivated me so much that I changed my major to geography! Since then I have been fascinated by computers, data, and coding languages.