Katie Pickett is a Master of Geographic Information Systems (MGIS) candidate at the University of Central Arkansas where she studies sociocultural and political implications of various indices and quantifiable and qualitative data. Ms. Pickett obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Orleans in International Studies where she concentrated on Africana studies, conflict theory, and human development. She earned an Undergraduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing from the Department of Geography at the University of New Orleans in 2013. Ms. Pickett currently oversees GIS research and analysis operations for the Amsterdam based Landmapp which seeks to shorten the connection between small shareholder farmers in Indonesia and Ghana, their agricultural boundary information, and applicable services.