Driven by firsthand climate change impacts, Olivia Zhang turns geospatial data into action for environmental conservation

“I’m like a moth to a flame when it comes to GIS.”

That’s how Olivia Zhang describes being drawn to her work with data. A SkyTruth geospatial intern since September 2025, Zhang puts that passion into visualizing and analyzing spatial data using GIS to create, manage, analyze, and map a wide variety of data.