Do Good & Do Well

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I am a dual enrolled, honors student leader and humanitarian. I know what it’s like not to have enough food to eat. That is why I am dedicated to creating multilingual agricultural tech solutions that solve the global food and hunger crisis.  I am the first junior in my school’s history to pursue dual enrollment which I began while completing AP Spanish and US History, acting AP Computer Science and meeting all my high school graduation requirements as a junior. I am currently taking a full college course load as a high school senior. 

Toward my goals, I was awarded the Global Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish for being in the Top 1% of performance on the Georgia STAMPS Test.  I was trained in Java-Script and Python coding through the NCWIT BridgeUp STEM Scholar program at Georgia Tech– a six-week full-time computer-science program. I also completed the AgDiscovery Program at the University of Virgin Islands – a two-week residential campus program sponsored by the USDA to give the next generation of agricultural experts hands-on academic and career training.

So, to do my part to alleviate the international hunger catastrophe I will pursue a 5-year joint degree combining a BS in agriculture-focused engineering/food systems and MBA with a minor in Spanish.  Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world, it is key to communication in the American agriculture industry and I have been learning Spanish since I was in Kindergarten. Therefore, I want to continue my language studies and collaborate with multi-linguists and technologists to develop tech solutions in the international agriculture and food ecosystem.

I am passionate about this because hunger and malnutrition remain the leading threats to public health worldwide. That is what motivates me to become an Agricultural Engineer and Business Executive. And, I am committed to rolling up my sleeves and doing the work.  I just started a new job at a grocery store so that I may understand consumer behavior, retail operations and the primary way people in America get their food from the farm to the fork. 

In college, I plan to work for the USDA and begin a start-up that delivers solutions to the market before I graduate.  I plan to complete my joint degree in three years because I already have nearly two-years of college credit completed.  Upon graduation, I will assume a leadership role at the USDA, making six figures at 21-years old and contributing to global agriculture-tech solutions. I then plan to transition to the corporate sector for several years to understand corporate business operations before dedicating myself full-time to my start-up by the time I am 30 - unless my tech solutions take off sooner with significant funding and valuation. 

My goal is to create a transformative food tech solution that reverses the trend of rising hunger to achieve the United Nation’s 2nd Sustainable Development Goals of 17, to end hunger by 2030.