Andie Gonzalez

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Registered: Dec '10
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” Cesar E. Chavez

Awards:	• College Assistant Migrant Program Scholar 2002 • Pioneers in Education Scholar- Louisville, KY July 2006 • National Center For Farm Worker Health Scholar September 2008 * 2011-2012 TOCE Scholarship Graduate Student Recipient * 2011-2012 Julian Samora Endowed Scholarship Graduate Student Recipient * 2011 Michigan State University Public Health International Mexico Experience Fellowship-Cuernavaca, MX * Mildred Endowment Scholarship Summer 2011 Recipient * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Endowment Scholarship 2011-2012 Recipient * Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Scholarship Recipient 2011-2012 TOCE Scholarship Recipient 2011-2012 Research Education in Increasing Diversity (REPID) in Health Researcher Scholar 2012 * 2012-2012 MSU Dietetic Internship Cohort Recipient
Career Objectives:	Be the BEST that I can be! Short Term: * Graduate May 2012 with MPH * REPID Scholar- Learn research skills and development this summer 2012. Long Term: * Become a Registered Dietitian * Pursue a Masters in Business Administration- Health Management * Maybe one day pursue Medical School
Interest/Hobbies:	Giving back to community, volunteering, foodie, blogging, jogging and staying active, and spending time with those I love (mi familia).
Organizations/Clubs:	Lansing Latino Health Alliance Member 2010 Michigan State University Public Health Society Member 2010 American Dietetic Association Member 2010 "El Arte De Ser" MSU- Student Organization Member 2010 Migrant Pre-health Association Member 2010 From the Fields to the Academy Symposium Committee Member- 2010
Helping Myself & Helping Others:	Reaching out to my community, PREVENTION is Key!
Biography:	Farmwork has always been a part of my life. Had it not been coming from a farmworker background I would have never found the value and integrity of farmwork and the true meaning of working hard. I can go on and say how food is centered around our Mexican-American culture and how accompanying my grandma to migrant clinics has nourished my passion for nutrition but instead I thought I'd share a few words someone dear shared with me, my father. Getting accepted into Michigan State University has been the most rewarding opportunity for me and my family. I still remember when my migrant lab teacher approached me and my twin sister about this opportunity in the CAMP Program at MSU. This opportunity seemed unreal. It was the travel to Michigan that helped me understand who I was as an individual. Through self exploration I was able to learn the history of farmwork that my family had experienced something that perhaps I believe I wouldn’t have learned in “El Valle”. My father’s experience in particular was something unspoken since my father a lot of the times had very little to say. He was a man of little words but a huge heart. His hard work, humbleness and honesty are what made him so special to me. Our families had been part of this industry for years and then decided to settle down so that we wouldn’t miss out in school. “I started working from the age of 12 and traveling alone with a troque at the age of 16 looking for work he said" he said. "I know that Michigan has cherries, grapes, asparagus, and blueberries because that’s what I learned in order to provide.” “These hands tell stories, the stories of the labor, the story of our people.” This was a huge “sopresa” for me. All these stories my father had, yet never spoke of. All I ever knew was the picking of watermelon in North Texas because my mother’s side of the family. This was something we were a part of and grew up knowing. But my father stories were untold. Everything in life you have to work for he said, whether its harvesting, picking, or getting educated. Nothing in life comes easy. It’s these words that I are engraved in my head and in my heart. Hearing these words at the age of 18 didn’t really dawn on me. At that moment in life I was uncertain where my life was headed. It is now at 27 years of age, with my father gone, that I find the true meaning of these short words. Everything in life you have to work at it and in order to move ahead we have to get educated. This is our key to make change, to get our voices heard. “We are part of an industry that produces the nutrients we need to live and stay healthy. We should be proud and never ashamed” he said. My father that day, despite the disparities in farmwork that we have experienced for years or my embarrassment growing up, helped me understand the honor of our labor. Once realizing this, it provided me with a richer insight of my culture and my family. Farmwork isn’t simply something that I grew up with it is what has shaped me as a person. The foundation of this country was built on agriculture and I am proud to be a product of it.

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