Hillary Daluz is an instructor for Tri Tech Forensics, a Forensic Specialist with Forensic Identification Services and the author of “Fundamentals of Fingerprint Analysis” and the “Fingerprint Analysis Laboratory Workbook” (CRC Press, 2018). Daluz began her career as a Police Identification Specialist with the City of Hayward Police Department in Hayward, California. After earning her Masters of Science degree in Forensic Science from the University of California, Davis she deployed to the Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq as a Latent Print Examiner for Ideal Innovations, Inc. After returning stateside she became a member of the faculty in the Forensic Sciences program at Chaminade University of Honolulu, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. She then accepted a position as a Senior Latent Print Technician with American Systems. Daluz is a member of the Board of Directors for the International Association for Identification.