Ana joined the SCO in April of 2018. She works with the SCO team developing statewide parcel and Public Land Survey System GIS databases for the state of Wisconsin, and training geospatial professionals in the use of LiDAR technology. Before joining the SCO, she has worked as research assistant for the Urban and Regional Planning Department and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, as well as teaching assistant for the Soils Department. She has a Ph.D. in Soil Science and a Graduate Certificate in GIS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She likes cooking, gardening and greatly enjoys spending time in the beautiful prairies of Wisconsin.