Food Systems Major

March 12, 2025

Daniel Y Queyquep

Tell us about your background and why you chose UW? As a second-generation college student to immigrant parents, I’ve always been encouraged by them to pursue higher education. The main reason why I chose to attend UW was how rich and diverse the campus life is. Coming to the Seattle campus for the first time,…

November 25, 2024

Chenell Coppock

Tell us about your background and why you chose UW? I grew up in Williamsburg, VA, where I was immersed in a culture rich with ancestral history, yet often found historical narratives altered in textbooks. My background includes varied roles in the food and hotel industry, working as an Army medic, and teaching. After moving…

October 9, 2024

Alex Ball

Tell us about your background and why you chose UW? I actually came to UW to study marine biology, and there aren’t many opportunities for that in the Midwest! Even after I changed my path, I still wanted to move somewhere else to grow as an individual person. What influenced you to major in Food…

March 27, 2024

Valerie Lam

Tell us about your background and why you chose UW? I was born and raised in Hong Kong; a city rich in diversity. I chose to come to the United States for my education—particularly the UW—because the UW School of Public Health (SPH) is highly ranked as one of the best schools for public health…

November 20, 2023

Elissa Fong

Tell us about your background and why you chose UW? I am a second generation Chinese American from Pasadena, California. My family is from Hong Kong where food is a big part of our culture. What drew me to UW was the broad range of subjects that I could study and the variety of unique…

August 26, 2023

Carlos Morales

As a business owner of a small restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, Carlos Morales sourced foods from a local farmers market. When Morales shared with his customers the story of where the food came from, he noticed both their disconnect with the land and their desire to understand how food is produced. From those conversations, Morales…

March 30, 2023

Son Phung

Tell us about your background and what brought you to UW? I transferred from Highline College in Des Moines, Washington. UW had a lot of qualities that I was looking for in a four-year public university. The campus is extremely beautiful during spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and it is also…

October 26, 2022

JoJo Tran

Tell us about your background and what brought you to UW? I graduated from Seattle Central College in 2020 and have been at UW since 2021. I’ve volunteered with the Seattle P-Patch Community Garden Program for many years helping to improve food access for my local community. I felt strongly that attending UW to further…

August 25, 2022

IsabellaRose Esiomanoya Anegbeode

Tell us about your background and what brought you to UW? My name is IsabellaRose but everybody calls me Bella! I’m a first-gen college student and I moved from my hometown in Bellevue, WA to the UW Seattle campus in 2019. I’ve always known I wanted to be a part of the UW community and…

February 18, 2022

Erika Reinhardt

What brought you to UW? I am a Swiss-Peruvian immigrant that grew up in Renton, Washington. Culture has been a major part of my life. I grew up celebrating Peruvian holidays and eating Swiss and Peruvian foods, however, growing up here in Washington introduced me to American culture, which makes me describe myself as a…