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My name is Hannah Kerner, and I write code that looks at satellite data and tells us where crops are growing and how they're doing.
So, I'm working on developing machine learning, or artificial intelligence algorithms,
that look at NASA and other satellite data and finds where crops are growing,
monitors how they're doing, and helps to extract information for farmers and
decision makers to better inform agricultural policies and programs.
The information that we get from this technology is important for helping us to identify
if there are regions where people might not be able to produce the food that they need, and
where we can help those people to get food -- maybe from other places where there are surpluses.
This is important because we all need to eat. So the more we know about how crops are doing, the better off we'll all be.
For me, every day I wake up and I'm super excited to start working on what I'm working on.
When I'm not working, I read a lot of books.
I am also scuba diving whenever possible.
I am going on hikes to explore the Earth above ground while
scuba diving, exploring below the surface. So, while remote sensing shows us everything
that's happening on the planet, we don't see so much below the surface,
and it's really almost like another planet down there.
I volunteer at a farm where they're working on providing food in a food desert
where there's very little access to fresh food and vegetables and healthy food from supermarkets.
I think a lot of what I'm doing outside of work is in many ways related to what I'm doing at work.
I think it's all interconnected with who we are as individuals.
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