Carina L. Duran of the Wasco FFA Chapter in California doesn’t see her work at a local grapevine nursery as just a job—she sees it as the beginning of her career. The nursery grafts and grows grapevines for both table and wine grapes. When she began working there, her tasks were labor intensive. Now she does less prep work and more of the complex tasks—thus having greatly increased her familiarity with the production of grapevines. She is excited to continue the excellence of California growers and vintners after obtaining a degree in viticulture and enology. She is supported by her mother Maria Luna and FFA advisors Denise Morales, David Abernathy, Christopher McCraw and Amber Sawyer. This award is sponsored by the DuPont Company.
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