MapPros! Careers in Geospatial Technologies

LeeAnn Nystrom


"Pick what you are interested in and go for it! It is hard work but worth it."

Student Profile - LeeAnn Nystrom

Class standing: Recent Graduate
College:
New Hampshire Community Technical College, Berlin, New Hampshire
Major: Spatial Information Technology
Concentration: Geographic Information Systems

What or who sparked your interest in studying geospatial technologies?

Melanie Collins, Program Director at the New Hampshire Community Technical College’s Littleton site.

What is your dream job?

Have my own GIS business with my friends working for me

How do you see geospatial technologies helping you in your career goals?

 I work in GIS and surveying; it is my career!

What were the most important things you considered when deciding on which school to go to?

Courses offered.

What do you like most about being a student?

How amazing it is to go in knowing nothing and come out two years later having a license in my field.

What do you like least about being a student?

Tests and homework.

What do you do to relax?

Visit friends.

Who are your heroes/heroines?

Peg Heaney and Dave Carlisle, my professors.

What advice would you give a high school student trying to make education and career choices?

Pick what you are interested in and go for it! It is hard work but worth it.