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Chris Spiller (she/her) Chris Spiller works for the Bodie Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Bodie State Historic Park, Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve and Grover Hot Springs State Park. She guides private tours for the Foundation in Bodie and Mono Lake and edits the Foundation's biannual newsletter for members. She worked for California State Parks from 1997 to 2015, and spent 15 of those years at Bodie, presenting history talks and stamp mill tours. Her State Park career includes interpretation at Monterey State Historic Park and Big Basin Redwoods State Park. At Big Basin, she helped Junior Rangers learn about park birds and remembers the day that Mama Quail and babies crossed the group's trail, and hopes those kids still remember too.