Grace Dominic is a dedicated forestry and environmental professional specializing in forest inventory methodologies, spatial data management, and nature-based climate solutions. She holds a Bachelor of Forestry and Environmental Management from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria, and a Master of Forestry from the Yale School of the Environment (YSE). Her advanced research focuses on long-term forest population dynamics and agroforestry frameworks, including a 30-year demographic study on tree seedlings in second-growth Oak-hardwood forests and co-authored literature with Springer on biodiversity credits in West Africa. Domestically and internationally, Grace has executed continuous forest inventory (CFI) practices at the Yale Myers Forest, evaluated landscape restoration strategies in tropical environments like Panama, and tracked ecological herbivory patterns in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park. She pairs this extensive field background with a technical toolkit that includes ArcGIS Pro, R, Tableau, and OpenRefine. Complementing her scientific baseline, Grace possesses a proven track record of managing complex operations and coordinating diverse stakeholders across academic, regulatory, and municipal sectors. She currently serves as the Program Coordinator for the New Haven Public School / BioCT BioCity program, where she directs daily operations, maintains compliance with stringent laboratory safety protocols, and collaborates with university faculty to deliver college-level STEM courses to students. Her previous roles include serving as a Forest Crew Member within the Yale Forest Apprenticeship Program, assisting international resource management courses through the Yale Environmental Leadership Training Initiative, and spearheading rural water conservation programs for the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. A decorated academic leader, her contributions have been supported by the Yale Tropical Resource Institute (TRI) Research Grant, the YSE Scholarship, and her appointment as a Yale Accessibility Fellow.