Taaja Tucker-Silva is a senior data analyst supporting a variety of invasive species and water resources projects at the Great Lakes Commission in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Previously she held several positions at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center researching Great Lakes food webs, fisheries, and invasive Phragmites. She has a bachelor’s degree in Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State University (2008) and a master’s degree in Conservation Biology from Central Michigan University (2011).