--------------------------------------------------------------- The following message was sent to you via AVO Web Email System: --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Leandra Marshall Email Address: leaxmars@gmail.com Subject: Interested in Volunteer Opportunities at Alaska Volcano Observatory Message: Hello Alaska Volcano Observatory, My name is Leandra Marshall. I have a Bachelors in Geology from the University of Arizona, and a Masters in Geology and Geologic Hazards (specializing in Volcanology) from the University of Buffalo. I am interested in any remote volcanology volunteer opportunities you may have at your observatory. While I am in Arizona currently, I have access to high-speed internet and a computer with ArcGIS and Microsoft Office. In this expansion of remote working during Covid-19, I wondered if volunteer opportunities would follow suit. I thought, would it be possible to help any volcanological programs with data review, social media, or any other tasks that might be needed? If that is a possibility, I want to be the first in line! I currently work for the Arizona Department of Water Resources as a Water Resources Specialist. While this is a fulfilling position, it does not allow for me to utilize my educational background and experience in (and passion for!) volcanology. Volcanology positions are difficult to come by, and because of my geographical location in Arizona, I have not been able to volunteer for anything beyond geology outreach with the Arizona Geological Survey, Arizona Geological Society, Tucson Gem and Mineral, and national/state parks locally. Whenever possible, I travel to see volcanoes. As of last year, I have visited 35 active volcanoes! I would prefer to keep my volcanology skills and knowledge from stagnating, so I would love to be useful to other professionals in the field without any need for compensation. Here is a summary of my experience: I have been working on various GIS mapping projects for the past thirteen years, beginning with my volunteer work at the Tucson U.S. Geological Survey and continuing through my current position at the Arizona Department of Water Resources. I was also a Post-Graduate Intern and Project Coordinator at the Arizona Geological Survey with Dr. Michael Conway from November 2015 to May 2016, where I managed metadata tables and databases, updated geologic resources and photo archives, and created geoscience outreach materials. I also have over five years of experience as a laboratory technician, with four years in geochronology at the Arizona Radiogenic Helium Dating Laboratory at the University of Arizona and one year in environmental at Turner Laboratories. I am very passionate about geosciences outreach and promotion. I have worked as a Geology Educator/Ranger for Craters of the Moon Volcanic National Monument, created various science/geosciences presentations for students in schools aroun d Tucson, and have volunteered my time at Tucson Gem and Mineral Show geoscience outreach booths for the University of Arizona, U.S. Geological Survey, and Arizona Geological Survey. In terms of additional volcanology experience, I also attended the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes Volcano Field Monitoring course in Hawaii, and I have had an internship with Oregon State University researching future eruptive behavior and volcanic hazards at El Misti volcano based on analysis of Crystal Size Distributions and Electron Microprobe compositional analyses. Thank you for making it through my lengthy email! Here is my LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leandra-marshall-b13776109/ I look forward to (hopefully) helping you out! Sincerely, Leandra Marshall ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE IP ADDRESS: 159.87.113.1 USER AGENT/BROWSER: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/86.0.4240.111 Safari/537.36 REFERRING PAGE: https://avo.alaska.edu/contact.php