Meredith Stone has joined the AAG staff as Public Policy and Outreach Specialist at the Washington, D.C. headquarters. She recently completed her Master of Arts in Geography at Ohio University. There, she served as a teaching assistant for Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Sciences and also as a research assistant for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, a National Science Foundation granted project investigating urban green space in the city. Her master’s thesis focuses on street art and murals and their relationships with racial justice in Baltimore neighborhoods.

She holds Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Mary Washington where she also completed a minor in Environmental Sustainability and a certificate in Geographic Information Science.

In her spare time she enjoys cooking, watching movies, and exploring the outdoors with friends and family.