Amelia Ryan is a Vegetation Ecologist at Pinnacles National Park. She has been with the National Park Service since 2003. Amelia became interested in plants as a child growing up in rural Sonoma County, and earned a B.S. in Plant Biology plus an M.S. in Ecology and Systematic Biology. A member of CNPS since 2004, she has served on the Marin Chapter board since 2010. Despite only recently moving south of the Bay, Amelia has a deep appreciation of the interior coast range, which she has spent considerable time exploring the over the years.