Sothea is a water resources engineer for the California Department of Water Resources. He is a licensed professional engineer with a master’s degree in environmental engineering and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Sothea has previously worked on subsidence studies related to channel capacity and is currently working on a fish passage project for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program. He strives to approach his work with the idea of sustainability — to research solutions that could balance the need of our natural resources between the environment and people.