My involvement has also shown me that agriculture is not only a terrific path to pursue as a college major and future career that not only has plenty of jobs that are both enjoyable and beneficial, but also many different opportunities to pursue. As a longtime member of 4-H and FFA in school, horticulture always captured my attention. The horticulture industry provides so much to us as a society, from fruits and vegetables for eating …show more content…
In FFA, I was the recipient of a national research grant to try my hand at plant tissue culturing my junior year of high school, and state runner up and state winner awards for ornamental horticulture demonstrations in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Within 4-H, I conducted a horticulture project all through high school, and was a member of horticulture judging teams that placed in the top five in the state for two years, and was named as third high individual in the state my senior year. Now, in college, I have taken an upper biology class and several related to education and communication, and have plans to take more related to these subjects and horticulture in the