2009
Utah "your turn behind the wheel" Scholarship Recipient
$3,500 Scholarship

“I possess the passion to become an Ethnobotonist. The definition of Ethnobotony is the study of the relation linking humans and plants (anthropology and botany). What this involves primarily is learning the medical traditional plant uses from shamans of native peoples in their natural environments around the world. This is done usually for the reason of making new medical discoveries and to preserve the indigenous peoples culture and knowledge. I have always loved biology and chemistry... when I heard about Ethnobotany it immediately gripped my attention...”

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