Victoria Rose, originally from Jacksonville, Florida, is a 2018 graduate of the Food Studies Master’s program at 91ÊÓƵ. She received her B.S. in Dietetics, with a minor in chemistry, from Florida State University in 2016. While at 91ÊÓƵ, Victoria pursued an internship with Bioversity International in their Healthy Diets from Sustainable Foods initiative. This work inspired her thesis research: Promoting the use of traditional, neglected, and underutilized species in the Mandla and Dindori districts of Madhya Pradesh. Currently, Victoria is a Program Operations Specialist for the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance at USAID in Washington, D.C.