I had the opportunity to interview Michael Gaffney, the Conservation and GIS Specialist for Foothills Conservancy in Morganton this week. We covered a broad range of topics related to STEM, including the application of environmental perspectives to scientific fields, as well as the use of Python for generating maps. During our conversation, Gaffney also shared his educational journey, which began in the humanities and later transitioned to environmental literature before ultimately focusing on ecology.