Maiz Connolly

Maiz spent countless childhood hours exploring the fields, foothills, and tidepools of Southern California, and has loved natural history for as long as she can remember. 

She earned a BS in Geology from Wesleyan University, spending her summers doing field work in Montana and Wyoming. Maiz incorporates the skills that she acquired as a field researcher, world traveler, professional photographer, science educator, children's book author, and parent in her work at the Museum as a Community Science Coordinator, where she now enjoys helping people of all ages and backgrounds to connect with science and the natural world.