Paola De Salvo started her Geospatial career within the International Institute of Aerospace Survey and Earth Science (ITC) in the Netherlands. She later brought her GIS and Remote Sensing competencies to the United Nations Specialized Agencies of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) to ensure Earth Observations are used for decision making in developing countries. After 12 years of applying her skills within the UN System, she transitioned to the private sector where she worked for Esri Inc, as a solution engineer in support of United Nations and NGO GIS / Remote Sensing related projects. Believing in the power of Open Earth Observations Data and Knowledge she joined the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat as an ​Information Technology Officer coordinating GEOSS Platform and GEO Knowledge Hub development, implementation and users uptake. In this interview, Paola explores the Open-Earth-Monitor project’s contribution on reaching the GEO objectives, further discussing the project’s innovative work on implementing Open EO Knowledge.