Elyse Petersen

Social Entrepreneur, Food scientist, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, & Collaborator.

<p><span>I am a Global Tea Ambassador with the International Tea Farms Alliance. I have spent time working with tea farmers in Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan. This experience has inspired me to help tea culture across the U.S. and around the world. I am</span><span>&nbsp;an experienced international development worker in the area of food security, natural resource management, and sustainable food preservation, having served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa and Antigua and Barbuda, Eastern Caribbean. I</span><span>&nbsp;graduated from Shidler College of Business with a Japan-focused M.B.A and from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona with a B.S. in Food Science and Technology.&nbsp;</span><span>You can learn about my passion for collaboration in this talk I gave at TEDx Honolulu:&nbsp;<a href="http://youtu.be/RpeeAaPGObo" target="_blank">A Mango in the Sun</a></span></p>

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