Maria Clay is a GIS Research Data Specialist for the Labor Market Information Division of The Employment Development Department. Maria has being doing GIS since 2004 and began her career in GIS by pure luck and has never looked back. Maria currently uses GIS to analyze and map employment information and statistics. She really enjoys using GIS for emergency management. Maria really enjoys working in a collaborative environment with amazing colleagues along with meeting new people and learning how they use GIS.
When Maria is not doing GIS, she enjoys music, reading, being outside hiking and biking and travelling to new places.