Brad Snider, a current student in the Masters of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology program, was recently hired as the GIS Intern at the Pima County Community Development and Neighborhood Conservation department. The Pima County CDNC department’s mission is to provide resources that strengthen communities and improve the quality of life.  This is done through providing affordable housing, assisting with community and rural development, encouraging faith-based and community initiatives and focusing on neighborhood reinvestment projects.  Brad is putting his GIS skills to good use, preparing, analyzing and mapping various socio-economic, demographic, and community infrastructure and asset datasets.  This data is submitted for federal entitlement allocation and used by the CDNC department to determine and analyze how to best use these funds.