Jadyn Harris is an upcoming senior attending Alcorn State University majoring in agricultural business. She is learning and gaining experience in conservation desktop, protracts, and implementation of engineering practices such as a stream crossing, grade stabilization structures, watering facilities, fencing, and high tunnel systems.
She has also been very helpful in assisting with completing FSA compliance reviews by making field visits and measuring crop residue. We are excited to have her as a part of our conservation team in the Memphis Field Office.
Kayla Fischer is a returning pathways intern in the Knoxville Area Office. She just finished her first year at Georgia Tech University majoring in chemical engineering. She is an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is on Georgia Tech’s Dance Team.
This is also Kayla’s first summer working as the engineering intern for area 4. She looks forward to learning about different conservation structures and meeting new people across East Tennessee.
My name is Elizabeth Worley and I'm a Soil Conservationist Pathways Intern in the Pulaski Field Office. I'm a junior at the University of Tennessee-Martin. My hometown: Pulaski, Tennessee.
After graduating from UTM, I plan to earn a masters degree in soil science and hope to one day work as a soil scientist.
I am a proud member of my sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, where I actively serve as vice president of membership experience. I also serve as the secretary for the UTM agronomy club, and as a mentor to incoming freshman students on campus. I enjoy reading, gardening, and working on my family's farm in my free time.
Ta’Leeah West is a rising sophomore at Langston University in Guthrie, Oklahoma. This is her first year as an 1890 Scholar, and is working in the Madison and Chester County Field Offices in Area 1.
She has become familiar with writing conservation reserve program contracts, HEL/WC compliance checks, checking out and certifying completed conservation practices, and overseeing construction of a grade stabilization structure to ensure it meets design conformance.
I'm Will Poston, a second-year pathways engineering intern working with the area two engineering team.
I was born and raised in Watertown, Tennessee and currently work in the Murfreesboro Area Office. I graduated from Watertown High School and I am entering my junior year at the University of Tennessee majoring in civil engineering.
My plans for the summer are to gain as much experience with NRCS as I can so that I can pursue a career with NRCS once I graduate college. My hobbies include cattle farming, goat farming, golfing, fishing and duck hunting. I look forward to this summer, summers ahead, and hopefully a career with NRCS in a few years.
My name is Scarlett Barnes, and I am the soil conservationist pathways intern for Putnam and Overton counties. In the fall I will start my senior year at Tennessee Tech University where I major in agricultural science and management.
At Tennessee Tech, I am involved in an array of extra-curricular activities such as FFA, Poultry Club, Delta Tau Alpha Honor Society, and Ag Council. I am from Winchester, Tennessee, a town of very few things, but I could not ask for a better home. I plan to build a successful career with NRCS, and one day become as knowledgeable and impactful as my current supervisors and mentors. Outside of work and school, I enjoy lake days, concerts, and riding UTVs at off-road parks; honestly anything outdoors. I also like to watch crime shows, sing karaoke, and my favorite animal is a lamb.
I’m Myhlan Davis, and I am a second-year intern as an 1890 Land Grant Scholar. I was born and raised in Memphis, where my family and I still reside. I am currently a senior at Southern University A&M, in Baton Rouge, as an agricultural business major.
I just recently finished my term as class vice president, and I now serve as the vice president of my chapter in my fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. This summer, I am working as a soil conservation intern at the Lebanon Field Office. My career goals are to work my way through the USDA and maybe one day work in Washington D.C.
I enjoy volunteering within my community, spending with the animals and visiting the green houses in our agricultures department. In my free time, I enjoy working out, playing basketball, and hanging out with my friends. When I have some down time, I like to visit home and build and work on cars with my dad.
Hello, my name is Sharla Scantling. I am a new pathways program intern, in the position of a soil conservationist trainee. I grew up in rural East Tennessee. I moved to Clarksville in 2019 to pursue my bachelor’s in agricultural science at Austin Peay. This is where I developed my passion for soils and resource conservation.
I am now attending Tennessee State University, pursuing my master’s in agriculture and environmental science with a concentration in natural resources. One day, I hope to pursue a career in soil and natural resource conservation/ management.
Hello my name is Suzanne Torres. I'm a soil conservation internship in the Clinton Field Office. I'm from Kingsville, Texas and attend Texas A & M University-Kingsville.
I graduate in December 2022 with my bachelor’s in general agriculture, and a minor in agribusiness. After graduation, I plan on continuing my education and getting my master’s degree. I would love to work for my county extension office.
I'm Emily Hudgins, a soil conservation pathways intern at NRCS in the Cleveland Field Office. I am from Paris, Tennessee. I'm a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin. I plan to get a masters in ecology and potentially a doctorate in a conservation-related discipline to equip me for a career in conservation.
I would love to work in the field for several years and then become a professor later in life. I love to learn and am currently involved in our honors programs at UTM as well as a few other academic clubs and organizations. I enjoy many hobbies; however, my favorite hobbies are disc golf and mountain biking. I also enjoy playing golf with my father when home. I am highly interested in nature and hope to build a life that allows me to encompass nature in both my career and my hobbies.
Cartiana Bell is a pathways soil conservationist trainee from Nashville. She is a senior at Austin Peay State University. She will graduate in December will a degree in agriculture with a concentration in environmental science. Cartiana is currently working at the Montgomery County Field Office and hopes to learn more about soil conservation with the NRCS. She enjoys spending her free time listening to music and shopping. Her extra curriculum activities include volunteer work and hosting events with her sorority.
I'm Kathryn “Rosey” White, a second-year soil conservationist pathways intern in the Dayton Field Office, serving Rhea & Hamilton Counties.
I’m going into my senior year at the University of Alabama studying environmental science. I love doing anything outside, but especially love hiking and walking my dog. I am excited to be in a new place this year and continue to learn more about what we do here.
I am Colby Taylor, a civil engineering 1890 scholar in the Nashville State Office. My hometown is Lexington, Tennessee.
I aspire to be a successful civil engineer with the skills and capabilities to handle multiple areas of the engineering process and to be versatile in the knowledge of multiple sub-disciplines.
I was in a play at TSU, and I also participated in the Men’s Initiative Rights of Passage program, which is designed to help develop young men into men and guide them into adulthood.
Lexington is a relatively small town. I have always wanted to live in a big city with lots of opportunity and things to do, so staying here in Nashville has been good for me. I like to paint and draw, play guitar, read, and also write. I am currently writing my own science fiction/fantasy novel or short story series in my spare time.
My name is Miyonnie Warmack. I’m a sophomore student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. I am currently majoring in biological engineering and am a proud member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. I am an avid lover of math and all things nature and tend to draw in my free time. I hope to make the most of my time here in Tennessee with the NRCS.
I'm Kevin Wallace II, an engineering 1890 scholar, in the Nashville State Office. I'm a sophomore at Tennessee State University. My hometown is Little Rock, Arkansas. In my career goals I want to constantly improve. To me stagnation is the same thing as regression. So, my goal is to improve day by day. You can never learn too much, and you will never know enough. I am the first-born son and second-born child of my mother and father. My hobbies and interest include, fitness, nature, video games and casual sketching.
I am Robert “Bob” Wining, a soil conservationist pathways intern working in the Knoxville Field Office. I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, but have lived in several states. After having seen the country and lived in several places, my fiancé and I are very happy in East Tennessee, and I hope to find a position with the NRCS as a soil conservationist here once I graduate. I enjoy going to sporting events, concerts, and do anything outside with the people I love. football is a big passion of mine as well and hope to coach high school or college ball in my free time.