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La carrera de Josh Henry en la floricultura naci\u00f3 de la curiosidad. No ten\u00eda una hoja de ruta clara sobre su futuro o hasta d\u00f3nde llegar\u00eda, pero ten\u00eda pasi\u00f3n por cultivar plantas y dej\u00f3 que ese deseo guiara el rumbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSolo dije, ya sabes, veremos a d\u00f3nde me lleva la universidad\u201d, dijo. Lo que sigui\u00f3 fue un viaje moldeado por el trabajo duro y una red de becas, pasant\u00edas y mentores que ayudaron a convertir ese inter\u00e9s inicial en una pr\u00f3spera carrera como Especialista en Servicios T\u00e9cnicos con <\/a>Ball Seed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh comenz\u00f3 su educaci\u00f3n en la Universidad Estatal de Ohio, obteniendo un t\u00edtulo asociado en gesti\u00f3n de invernaderos y viveros, y luego complet\u00f3 una licenciatura en horticultura en la misma instituci\u00f3n. Admite que, como graduado universitario de primera generaci\u00f3n, el camino a trav\u00e9s de sus estudios acad\u00e9micos no siempre fue f\u00e1cil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRealmente ni siquiera sab\u00eda c\u00f3mo navegar por el sistema universitario\u201d, se\u00f1al\u00f3. \u201cY definitivamente no ten\u00eda los recursos financieros all\u00ed\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trabajando en tres empleos para respaldar sus aspiraciones acad\u00e9micas, Josh atribuye el apoyo de becas de la AFE como un factor determinante en su capacidad para continuar. Como estudiante de segundo a\u00f1o en la Universidad Estatal de Ohio en 2012, Josh obtuvo el <\/a>Beca Memorial Lawrence \u201cBud\u201d Ohlman y Beca Vocacional (Bettinger, Holden & Perry) <\/strong>para ayudarlo a completar su t\u00edtulo t\u00e9cnico de dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al a\u00f1o siguiente, en su pen\u00faltimo a\u00f1o, recibi\u00f3 el <\/a>Beca de la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Fabricantes de Invernaderos (NGMA) y, nuevamente, la Beca Memorial Lawrence \u201cBud\u201d Ohlman<\/a><\/strong>. Luego, en 2014, durante su \u00faltimo a\u00f1o, Josh pudo completar su carrera con la asistencia financiera de <\/a>Beca BioWorks IPM\/Sustainable Practices y Beca Memorial James K. Rathmell, Jr. para Trabajo\/Estudio de Horticultura en el Extranjero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSin el apoyo de la beca, es posible que me hubiera quedado con mi t\u00edtulo de dos a\u00f1os \u2014dijo\u2014. Pero las becas me ayudaron a pagar para continuar\u201d.\u201c<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Las oportunidades para Josh se extendieron m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del aula. Despu\u00e9s de completar su licenciatura en 2015, Josh comenz\u00f3 sus estudios de maestr\u00eda. Antes de empezar, recibi\u00f3 una beca para el Programa de Internados Vic y Margaret Ball<\/a><\/strong>, que brind\u00f3 una pasant\u00eda de seis meses en Smith Gardens en Oreg\u00f3n. Describe la experiencia como transformadora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHicieron un trabajo realmente fant\u00e1stico al exponerme a todos los diferentes aspectos de la industria de los invernaderos\u201d, dijo, se\u00f1alando que la experiencia ampli\u00f3 su comprensi\u00f3n del negocio y, lo que es m\u00e1s importante, le present\u00f3 a mentores que siguen siendo parte de su vida hoy en d\u00eda. \u201cSimplemente forjamos un v\u00ednculo muy estrecho durante ese tiempo\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh pas\u00f3 a obtener tanto su maestr\u00eda como su doctorado en ciencias hort\u00edcolas en la Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte, continuando recibiendo apoyo de becas de AFE. En 2016, recibi\u00f3 la Beca Richard T. Meister y se convirti\u00f3 en el <\/a>primer destinatario<\/strong><\/a> de la ahora muy notable Beca de la Familia Altman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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En su puesto actual en Ball Seed, Josh viaja por Norteam\u00e9rica para apoyar a productores, proveedores y equipos de ventas. Tambi\u00e9n dedica tiempo a mantenerse conectado con la industria fuera del trabajo, participando activamente en la misma organizaci\u00f3n que apoy\u00f3 su trayectoria. Josh contribuye con su tiempo a AFE mediante la tutor\u00eda como parte de Consejo de J\u00f3venes Profesionales<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tambi\u00e9n ha trabajado como voluntario evaluador de becas y ha presentado un seminario web de Grow Pro para la Fundaci\u00f3n. M\u00e1s recientemente, se uni\u00f3 a la de AFE <\/a>Fundaci\u00f3n Fred C. Gloeckner<\/a><\/strong> comit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAFE hizo posible mi educaci\u00f3n. Creo que es lo m\u00ednimo que puedo hacer para intentar retribuir en todo lo que pueda\u201d, dijo.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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