| Miguel was born and raised in Merced located in California's Central Valley. He is the proud son of Mexican immigrants and passionate about serving agricultural communities. Miguel earned a Bachelor of Science - Biology from the University of California, Merced. He has a diverse working background from serving as a naturalist for elementary school students at Camp Green Meadows Outdoor School, Merced County to being a team member of the first cohort of the California Climate Action Corps in Fresno, California. Miguel’s education was not complete. He decided to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Washington, where he became a master student researcher for the PNASH Center. His master's project is an assessment of behavior change for the Agricultural Leadership Program, a program developed and hosted by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, the Washington Tree Fruit Association, and Washington State University. Miguel developed an assessment using a scenario-based survey. The surveys would be conducted in focus groups to measure behavior change and analyzed to create recommendations to fulfill needs in the Agricultural Leadership Program. |
| Email: mrflores@uw.edu |
| Recipient: WICHE’s Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) |