Kerstin Alander, a graduate of The Woodlands High School in 2009, graduated from LSC-Montgomery in 2011 with her associate degree before transferring to Texas A&M University to earn her bachelor’s degree.

Alander has been awarded a prestigious Agricultural and National Resources Policy internship in Rome to research and monitor global agricultural issues.

Alander works with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on its Global Early Warning System and assists the team in disease intelligence and risk assessment activities. Alander also participates in data mining, scanning and searching for unusual events, and sharing information through daily global early warning system meetings. click here for complete story