AVA BLANCHETTE
Welcome!
I am a geospatial data scientist focused on the intersections of environmental and human systems. My work spans disaster mitigation, fire ecology, forest management, and urban planning, and I employ modelling and data science methods to turn spatial evidence into policy-ready insight. I am excited by the power of visual communication, and find that effective data communication is as essential to affecting change as the data itself.
Since 2020, I have worked across nonprofit and private sectors. I supported Grades of Green’s grant strategy through data collection and analysis and led workshops for corporate partners on environmental science and environmental justice. At memBrain LLC, I managed client programmes at the intersection of entertainment, technology and design. While at UCLA, I led my practicum team’s data analysis and visualisation for LA Waterkeeper’s community-based park development initiative. While data is my foundation, I see communication as the natural partner to analysis. Both are necessary to make data meaningful.
I hold an MSc in Geographic Data Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2025) and a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (2022).