MapPros! Careers in Geospatial Technologies

Tamara Allen

"Investigate all the options and choose something you would enjoy and be able to make a living at."

Student Profile - Tamara Allen

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

What or who sparked your interest in studying geospatial technologies?

CHOICES - a software program at the N.H. State Employment Security offices that helps people create a career and goals profile.

What is your dream job?

Professional licensure and lots of money.

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

Currently employed in surveying.

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

Whether the programs offered would allow me to study something I would enjoy doing as a job.

What do you like most about being a student?

Learning.

What do you like least about being a student?

Homework.

What do you do to relax?

Visit friends, quilt.

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?

Investigate all the options and choose something you would enjoy and be able to make a living at.