Hobbies and interests
Advocacy And Activism
Baking
Botany
Business And Entrepreneurship
Choir
Community Service And Volunteering
Farming
Football
Horticulture
Yearbook
Forensics
Reading
Academic
Adult Fiction
Adventure
Action
Biography
Cultural
Environment
Folk Tales
Folklore
Gardening
History
Humanities
Literature
Mystery
Philosophy
Politics
Fantasy
Social Issues
True Story
I read books multiple times per week
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I am passionate, hardworking, skillful, persistent, and honest. I can adapt to a new environment or setting. In addition, I possess leadership, organizational, cooperation, communication, and several other skills that aid me in pursuing knowledge for the future.
Education
Cornell University
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Agricultural and Food Products Processing
- Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other
Samoana High School
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Agricultural and Food Products Processing
- International Agriculture
- Sustainability Studies
- Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
Career
Dream career field:
Research
Dream career goals:
Earn degree and become a plant scientist, then return home to American Samoa to serve my community and nurture future generations of agricultural professionals and scientists.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Cornell University CALS DiTommaso Lab of Weed Ecology2023 – 20241 yearUndergraduate Research Assistant
Cornell University CALS Kao-Kniffin Lab of Belowground Ecology of Invasive Plants & Weeds2024 – Present12 monthsStudent Researcher
American Samoa Community College - Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Community Division2018 – 20224 yearsExecutive Youth Representative
Sa'ole Drug Free Coalition2019 – 20212 yearsStudent Intern
American Samoa Department of Education Business Office2023 – 2023
Sports
Football
Varsity2021 – 20221 year
Awards
- Participant
Research
Soil Sciences
Cornell University SIPS Kao-Kniffin Lab — Research Assistant2024 – PresentSustainability Studies
American Samoa Community College — Student Researcher2018 – 2019Botany/Plant Biology
American Samoa Community College Agriculture, Community, and Natural Resources Division — Student Researcher2017 – 2018Agricultural and Food Products Processing
American Samoa Community College — Student Researcher2020 – 2021
Arts
Poe Mageo's Silipa's Playhouse
ActingTwinderella the Musical2017 – 2018Cornell University
MusicCornell Chorale 2024 Spring Concert: Aspects of Love, Cornell Chorale 2024 Fall Concert: Moonlit Reverie2024 – PresentPoe Mageo's School of Music
Music2016 Fall Orchestra Concert, 2017 Spring Orchestra Concert2016 – 2018
Public services
Public Service (Politics)
Cornell University Student Assembly — Committee Member2024 – PresentVolunteering
Back Bay Mission — Volunteer2024 – 2024Volunteering
Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County — Volunteer2024 – PresentAdvocacy
Cornell American Red Cross — Volunteer2023 – 2023Volunteering
Sa'ole Drug Free Coalition — Youth Member2017 – 2021Volunteering
Feed My Starving Children — Volunteer2023 – 2023Volunteering
Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa Youth Association — Member & Co-Leader2016 – PresentVolunteering
Finafinau Community Service Project — Member2020 – 2022