November 2015 GeoMentor Spotlight
Justin Farrow - Lighthouse Keeper Beautiful Nation Project / Webmaster USF Patel College of Global Sustainability / Graduate Assistant Sustainable Tourism USF / Resident Student Innovation Incubator USF Connect / Masters Student Sustainable Tourism/ Entrepreneurship
What was your favorite class in K-12? Geography, of course
How did you first learn about and/or use GIS? As a kid, I spent the majority of my time outside of school working in a reprographics shop owned by my father where surveyors and engineers were in and out all day. Somewhere along the line, I learned a lot about the needs of surveyors in getting their work done. In 2007 I began building Land Surveyors United, a global social support network for professional land surveyors - now the largest in the world. In 2011, a few colleagues and I started the Beautiful Nation Project, an experiential learning project for students in 3rd-10th grades to build deep connections with
