Meet Emily and Felicia!
Many have successfully completed agriculture programs and are now enjoying great jobs. Graduates from Leeward Community College and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - CTAHR know their degrees were well worth it. Click on these videos and find out more about them.
Emily Lloyd
Growing flowers and other ornamentals is a combination of both an art and science. Just ask Emily Lloyd, who received her master’s degree in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences from the University of Hawaii-Manoa in 2007 and is now working on a doctorate degree focusing on ornamental production...(more).
Felicia Geronimo
Felicia Geronimo always enjoyed tending her garden when she was a little girl, but it took her a while to return to what she loves best and find her inner horticulturalist. She initially embarked on a career as a dental assistant, but being around uneasy patients who didn’t want to be in a dentist chair, started to make her uneasy...(more).
James Carrillo
It’s not every day that a community college student makes a new scientific discovery. Yet, that’s exactly what happened when James Carrillo was still a student in Leeward Community College’s Plant Bioscience Technology program. He sequenced the DNA for a taro virus that had never been previously identified....(more).
Did You Know!!!
Growth in agriculture means more technician level jobs in the industry.
About Hawaiʻi
Growth in diversified agriculture has increased agricultural output over the past five years.
