Quantina (Quinn) Martine grew up on the Ramah Navajo Reservation in Western New Mexico. Her youth was spent with her grandparents during the summer learning the traditional Navajo language and oral history. Her favorite subjects in school were science and math and she found ways to balance traditional Navajo teachings with her love of the sciences. After high school, Quantina joined the United States Navy where she worked as a Machinist Mate onboard the USS Camden AOE-2 based out of Bremerton, Washington. It was always a dream of hers to travel the world, and she felt a great way to do that was by joining the military. After her military career she moved back to New Mexico and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and minor in Sustainability. She also has completed coursework in Surveying Technology and Geographic Information Technology. Hydrology and climatology were her main interest in college and that led her to a job with US Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS). With FWS she joined the Division of Water Resources (DWR) as a Hydrologist with the Monitoring Team. With DWR her duties were to collect water data, conduct flow measurements, and complete water analysis at gaging stations that are located on the Wildlife Refuge within the southwest region of FWS. Before making her transition to the US Forest Service, Quantina worked for Audubon Southwest as the Water Resource Associate with the Freshwater Conservation Team based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. While at Audubon her work was focused on creating habitat for the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (RGSM) in the Isleta Reach at several outfalls or irrigation return drains. She also worked on bird habitat restoration for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Quantina spends her free time birding, flying drones, fishing, gardening, canning, listening to various podcasts, and playing with her dog Murphy, a Boston terrier who loves to play in the water and likes to be constantly dirty.