GIS Internship

The objective of this internship was to support the 32nd Street Canyon Task Force’s Swapping Fire Fuel for Habitat Project, a five-year effort to reduce fire risk, improve habitat resilience, support biodiversity, and stabilize soil within 32nd Street Canyon.

The Internship Description can be viewed here:
GIS Summer 2026 Internship Description - 32nd Street Canyon Task Force-Swapping Fire Fuel for Habitat Project

The Executive Summary can be viewed via the 32nd Street Canyon website here:
Swapping Fire Fuel for Habitat - A Guided Approach to Fuel Management for San Diego Canyons

My role focused on coordinating and implementing content and layout revisions to the ArcGIS StoryMap, helping prepare it for its initial public release at the end of the Summer 2026 semester. The StoryMap began during the Spring 2025 semester and continues to serve as a living record of fieldwork, GIS documentation, canyon stewardship, and ongoing student collaboration.

Additional contributions included:

• Creating an ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefing summarizing the work of each student cohort

• Capturing more than 300 new canyon images for historical reference and StoryMap use

• Researching coastal habitats and selected plant and animal species

• Applying project management skills to help organize revisions, coordinate content, and support publication readiness

• Conducting in-canyon fieldwork by mapping invasive plant species using ArcGIS Field Maps

The published StoryMap also includes an interactive ArcGIS Dashboard and Web Map developed by Gabriel Moran, my fellow Summer 2026 intern. His GIS portfolio can be viewed here: Gabriel Moran GIS Portfolio.

This internship allowed me to contribute to a real-world GIS and environmental stewardship project with public-facing impact. The work combined GIS field data collection, StoryMap development, habitat research, photography, content editing, and project coordination.

It also gave me the opportunity to apply my project management experience in a GIS setting while supporting a collaborative effort to document invasive species, preserve canyon history, and communicate restoration work to the public.