Olivia Otsuka

Olivia Otsuka

Hamilton College Intern

Olivia is a rising junior at Hamilton College majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Sociology and Art. This summer she is interning with Adirondack Research and working on a variety of cartography and graphic design projects, including creating  base maps for field reports and style guides for maps and wayside signs. In her free time you can find Olivia crocheting, listening to music, and enjoying the summer weather outside. Olivia worked on a variety of cartography and graphic design projects this summer during her internship with Adirondack Research. She did research on accessible design and created a style guide to be used by Adirondack Research during the design process of future maps, kiosks, and wayside signs. For Green Goat Maps, Olivia created standardized files compiling the symbology and text formatting we use to increase the efficiency of map making. She developed her science communication skills by researching and writing content for the ARTA brochure and contributing to our blog. Olivia also utilized MAPublisher to create base maps for our Capital Region Reports and created a standardized template for our general lakes reports.