Susie Saliola is an Education Specialist at Esri Canada. She works with education-focused organizations and community groups on using GIS for community engagement. Having experience as a school board planner, Susie also helps school boards apply GIS to analyze data, predict future enrolments, track development applications and plan for their communities. She has done GIS work for municipalities, school boards, public health institutions and international non-profit organizations. Susie holds an M.Sc. in Physical Geography and Forestry from the University of Toronto, a Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning from the University of Waterloo, and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from York University. When she’s not outside with her dogs, Susie can be found baking and decorating cakes. She delights her co-workers with a new geography-themed cake for GIS Day every year.