Lesley was a data scientist with the Outdoor R&D lab. She maintained and developed the core software tools used across various recreation research projects at the lab. She loves making maps of visitor use and is interested in using the tools of data science to support sustainable stewardship and conservation of our public lands. She has a background in computational biology and genome evolution as an undergraduate at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Previously, as a fellow for Data Science for Social Good at UBC, she worked on mapping biodiversity across the Metro Vancouver region.