Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 3/16/22

Elizabeth Espino knows the value of giving back to the community, and she is so grateful for the NC State CALS donors that do just that. Espino is a sophomore from La Grange, NC majoring in agricultural education. Espino has dreams of one day helping students the way she has been helped as the recipient of several CALS scholarships. 

It hasn’t been a straight shot into agriculture, but Espino is passionate about educating the public on why it is so important. She remembers her first ag class in high school and how it was all so new to her because she didn’t come from an agricultural background. 

“We learned in class about how the agriculture industry feeds people three times a day and puts clothes on their backs,” says Espino. “The agricultural industry is the number one industry in North Carolina, and just knowing more about it provoked me to want to stay within that field.”

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