Biography

I spent my childhood in Calhoun, Kentucky, a small town in the US heartland (we recently got our first traffic light!). I subsequently attended the University of Kentucky, where I completed my BSc in Agricultural Biotechnology. While a student, I was actively involved in undergraduate research with the Department of Plant Pathology and served as the President for the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research. After graduating from UK, I devoted my time to a startup compost company on my family farm. I will be continuing some of my responsibilities with Charlie’s Compost while completing the Bioscience Enterprise MPhil at Cambridge. My plans after the MBE program are to pursue a PhD in Biology at MIT. My long-term goals are to establish myself in the biotechnology industry without losing partial involvement in my family business. I am particularly interested in agricultural and environmental issues and how they can be positively affected by conscious capitalism.