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Jemima Baributsa

I always loved mathematics, and ag econ was a way I could apply math to help me visualize how changes in quantities and formulas had ramifications on standards of living and government policies.

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Hari

I grew up in Singapore, a city-state in Southeast Asia. My parents are from India, and visiting my grandparents who lived on small farms first sparked my interest in farming. An environmental science teacher at the high school I attended in Pennsylvania helped deepen that interest and I began considering studying agriculture.

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Katriel Marks

In high school, I kept coming back to the question, “What can I do that will improve lives in a meaningful way?” The answer, for me, seemed to lie in food — everyone has to eat. I visited Purdue, where I found out about the Molecular Agriculture Summer Institute and the World Food Prize Youth Institute, which I attended while in high school. That was the first time I met other students with passions similar to mine.

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Chelsea Maupin high fives a student in a Vietnamese classroom

My Purdue View Chelsea Maupin Major Sustainable food and farming systems, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Hometown Kokomo, Indiana I grew up gardening and have always loved state parks and environmental sciences. Testing water quality in the Wildcat Creek during the watersheds unit in eighth grade science was one of my favorite field trips.…

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PhD student Brandon Allen receives an award from President Mitch Daniels

My Purdue View Brandon Allen PhD Program Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication Hometown Portsmouth, Virginia I worked for the USDA for about two years. I was asked to be the keynote speaker for Kentucky State’s Ag Discovery program in 2015. It helps non-traditional students like underrepresented minorities and women get exposure to agriculture. But the…

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