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Letiunasema Nuusila

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Bio

I am passionate, hardworking, skillful, persistent, and honest. I can adapt to a new environment or setting. In addition, I possess leadership, organizational, cooperation, communication, and several other skills that aid me in pursuing knowledge for the future.

Education

Cornell University

Bachelor's degree program
2023 - 2027
  • Majors:
    • Agricultural and Food Products Processing
    • Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other

Samoana High School

High School
2019 - 2023

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Agricultural and Food Products Processing
    • International Agriculture
    • Sustainability Studies
    • Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other
    • Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
  • Not planning to go to medical school

    • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Research

    • Dream career goals:

      Earn degree and become a plant scientist, then return home to American Samoa to serve my community and nurture future generations of agricultural professionals and scientists.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant

      Cornell University CALS DiTommaso Lab of Weed Ecology
      2023 – 20241 year

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant

      Cornell University CALS Kao-Kniffin Lab of Belowground Ecology of Invasive Plants & Weeds
      2024 – Present10 months

    • Student Researcher

      American Samoa Community College - Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Community Division
      2018 – 20224 years

    • Executive Youth Representative

      Sa'ole Drug Free Coalition
      2019 – 20212 years

    • Student Intern

      American Samoa Department of Education Business Office
      2023 – 2023

    Sports

    Football

    Varsity
    2021 – 20221 year

    Awards

    • Participant

    Research

    • Sustainability Studies

      American Samoa Community College — Student Researcher
      2018 – 2019

    • Botany/Plant Biology

      American Samoa Community College Agriculture, Community, and Natural Resources Division — Student Researcher
      2017 – 2018

    • Agricultural and Food Products Processing

      American Samoa Community College — Student Researcher
      2020 – 2021

    Arts

    • Poe Mageo's Silipa's Playhouse

      Acting
      Twinderella the Musical
      2017 – 2018

    • Cornell University

      Music
      Cornell Chorale 2024 Spring Concert: Aspects of Love, Cornell Chorale 2024 Fall Concert: Moonlit Reverie
      2024 – Present

    • Poe Mageo's School of Music

      Music
      2016 Fall Orchestra Concert, 2017 Spring Orchestra Concert
      2016 – 2018

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Back Bay Mission — Volunteer
      2024 – 2024

    • Volunteering

      Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County — Volunteer
      2024 – Present

    • Advocacy

      Cornell American Red Cross — Volunteer
      2023 – 2023

    • Volunteering

      Sa'ole Drug Free Coalition — Youth Member
      2017 – 2021

    • Volunteering

      Feed My Starving Children — Volunteer
      2023 – 2023

    • Volunteering

      Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa Youth Association — Member & Co-Leader
      2016 – Present

    • Volunteering

      Finafinau Community Service Project — Member
      2020 – 2022

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Politics

    Volunteering

    Philanthropy

    Entrepreneurship