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Natalie Millstein

Natalie Millstein
I have always loved to explore. Whether I’m doing scientific diving on Ngederrak Reef in Palau or strolling through the nooks and crannies of downtown Los Angeles, there are always more details to discover. The details build the context of a city and the context is often the most important aspect to me. Having spent…
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Yan Xu

Yan Xu earned her Bachelor of Science in Urban and Environmental Science from Peking University in Beijing, China, and then earned her Master of Arts in Geography and a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology from the University of Southern California. She currently works as a Research Associate in the Geosoft Lab in…
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Johanna Avelar Portillo

Johanna Avelar Portillo earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and Master of Arts in Geography from California State University, Long Beach. Born in El Salvador, a densely populated country where many people have limited or no access to clean drinking water, Johanna is…
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Douglas Fleming

Douglas Fleming joins the Spatial Sciences Institute from Greenville, South Carolina where he’s worked as a researcher with the Care Coordination Institute since 2013. Prior to that, he served as a Graduate Research Assistant with the Athens Health Network at the University of Georgia where he earned both his Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion…
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