Mia Park is an Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM) specialist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. She provides support for field staff and partners to implement systems-based, agricultural practices that reduce risk of pesticides to bees and other beneficial invertebrates. Mia has over a decade of research experience, studying impacts of land management on bees and aquatic invertebrates. She received her M.S. on effects of invasive wetland plants on macroinvertebrates and Ph.D. on pesticide and land use effects on wild orchard bees at Cornell University. Mia continued to investigate human impacts on wild and managed bees as a postdoctoral fellow, professor, and consultant. Her appreciation for insects began in her childhood backyard, where they were easy to catch and observe.