News Date: 01/14/2008
New spring intern Carissa Wilhelm joined the NASDA team January 9, 2008. Carissa is a senior agriculture communications and journalism major at Texas A&M University and will graduate in May 2008.
Wilhelm comes to NASDA through Texas A&M's Agriculture & Natural Resource Policy (ANRP) internship program. Originally from Amarillo, Texas, Carissa grew up involved with agriculture. She spent her 2007 summer studying abroad in South Africa. After her time abroad, she became interested in international marketing and trade, foreign food aid, and domestic agriculture emergency relief. While in Washington, Carissa's goals are to learn more about food aid programs and international relations in respect to agriculture trade. Carissa's term at NASDA extends to May 7, 2008. (Contact: Carissa Wilhelm)
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