Examples Of A Key Person Biographical Sketch
Key Person Biographical Sketch
My interest in nutrition began while in high school when I committed myself to improving my athletic performance in cross country running. Fortunately, I grew up in a family that understood the benefits of a balanced diet and was able to take away the importance that fruits and vegetables play in the body. As this interest grew I decided to pursue a degree at Montana State University and am currently planning on furthering my education after graduating. When I have acquired the necessary knowledge, I plan on returning to my home Alaska, and working towards increasing the accessibility and awareness of the importance of a balanced diet. I’m highly motivated to better my home state in a field that both fascinates
and inspires me to share my knowledge and experience with others that can benefit from it. Among the many current issues that are present in remote Alaskan villages food insecurity is a major concern. Not having affordable, accessible foods available dramatically dampens a community’s productivity and longevity and I want to change that. I am confident that I can contribute to bettering the community of Nome with the research that I will be conducting to devise a new plan to SNAP’s (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) fruit and vegetable incentives and am excited to begin.
Project Abstract
The primary purpose of this project is to implement new fruit and vegetable initiatives that will increase the fruit and vegetable consumption in Nome by 20% and drop food insecurity records by 10% over three years. A highly motivated team of Montana State University students will be traveling to Nome for seven days to conduct hands on research evaluating the current initiative program implemented by SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) and working with the community to modify and improve it. Upon the completion of this research the team will return to their laboratory in Bozeman, Montana to analyze and devise the most effective conceding steps to best help the community of Nome increase their fruit and vegetable consumption and education about their importance.
Project Narrative
The remote town of Nome, Alaska primarily practices subsistence living with a majority of the town spending their summers in Bristol Bay fishing for the meat that will last them throughout the cold winter. In order to receive the most accurate data the project will commence on September 26, 2017. This way the majority of the town will have returned from the fishing season and be present when the team is gathering data. The team will be flying from Bozeman to Nome and will be staying at the King Eider Inn for seven days while conducting their research. Research will be done in four stages: observation of the present SNAP initiative program at the local grocery store, shopper interviews, community interviews, and meeting with the town counsel. While comparing the prices and fruit and vegetable consumption initiation behind SNAP’s program, the members will present a questionnaire to shoppers with several ratings concerning fruit and vegetable consumption, prices, quality, and benefits. This will serve as the first source of data. The second will be from door to door interviews regarding similar questions. The final will come from a meeting with Nome’s community counsel. While there we hope to gain personal accounts about living in Nome and the best way to reach this community about the importance of healthy foods. Upon completion of this data the team will return to Montana State University and begin to analyze the collected data in order to improve upon SNAP’s current fruit and vegetable initiative program. These results will determine the proceeding steps that will be implemented to Nome as soon as possible.
My interest in nutrition began while in high school when I committed myself to improving my athletic performance in cross country running. Fortunately, I grew up in a family that understood the benefits of a balanced diet and was able to take away the importance that fruits and vegetables play in the body. As this interest grew I decided to pursue a degree at Montana State University and am currently planning on furthering my education after graduating. When I have acquired the necessary knowledge, I plan on returning to my home Alaska, and working towards increasing the accessibility and awareness of the importance of a balanced diet. I’m highly motivated to better my home state in a field that both fascinates
and inspires me to share my knowledge and experience with others that can benefit from it. Among the many current issues that are present in remote Alaskan villages food insecurity is a major concern. Not having affordable, accessible foods available dramatically dampens a community’s productivity and longevity and I want to change that. I am confident that I can contribute to bettering the community of Nome with the research that I will be conducting to devise a new plan to SNAP’s (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) fruit and vegetable incentives and am excited to begin.
Project Abstract
The primary purpose of this project is to implement new fruit and vegetable initiatives that will increase the fruit and vegetable consumption in Nome by 20% and drop food insecurity records by 10% over three years. A highly motivated team of Montana State University students will be traveling to Nome for seven days to conduct hands on research evaluating the current initiative program implemented by SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) and working with the community to modify and improve it. Upon the completion of this research the team will return to their laboratory in Bozeman, Montana to analyze and devise the most effective conceding steps to best help the community of Nome increase their fruit and vegetable consumption and education about their importance.
Project Narrative
The remote town of Nome, Alaska primarily practices subsistence living with a majority of the town spending their summers in Bristol Bay fishing for the meat that will last them throughout the cold winter. In order to receive the most accurate data the project will commence on September 26, 2017. This way the majority of the town will have returned from the fishing season and be present when the team is gathering data. The team will be flying from Bozeman to Nome and will be staying at the King Eider Inn for seven days while conducting their research. Research will be done in four stages: observation of the present SNAP initiative program at the local grocery store, shopper interviews, community interviews, and meeting with the town counsel. While comparing the prices and fruit and vegetable consumption initiation behind SNAP’s program, the members will present a questionnaire to shoppers with several ratings concerning fruit and vegetable consumption, prices, quality, and benefits. This will serve as the first source of data. The second will be from door to door interviews regarding similar questions. The final will come from a meeting with Nome’s community counsel. While there we hope to gain personal accounts about living in Nome and the best way to reach this community about the importance of healthy foods. Upon completion of this data the team will return to Montana State University and begin to analyze the collected data in order to improve upon SNAP’s current fruit and vegetable initiative program. These results will determine the proceeding steps that will be implemented to Nome as soon as possible.