Gina is an archaeology doctoral student in the School of Anthropology, University of Arizona. She began the archaeology program in the fall of 2016. Gina is also the laboratory coordinator for the Preservation Division at the Arizona State Museum where she has worked since 2007. She received a BA from the University of Delaware Art Conservation Department in 2007 and a MA in American Indian Studies with a graduate certificate in Heritage Conservation at the University of Arizona in 2013. Gina is particularly interested in the reexamination and reinterpretation of archaeological perishable material from the American southwest utilizing innovative analytical techniques.