Jahalel Lee (JayLee) Tuil is an accomplished instructor with over 20 years of experience in GIS and the ESRI software platform. She has worked as a geographer and geospatial database manager for the United States Geological Survey and John Muir Institute of the Environment, respectively, and has taught university-level courses for Sonoma State and UC Davis in a range of topics including GIS, Biogeography and Remote Sensing. Tuil holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in geography from the University of California, Davis.