Alexandra Salinas

A Ph.D. student in the ACEL department, Alexandra was born and raised in the border town of Mission, Texas. In 2022, Alexandra earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, with a specialization in Agricultural Leadership from Texas Tech University. During her time as an undergraduate student, Alexandra served as a Texas FFA State Vice President (2020-2021). In the summer of 2022, she interned with Empowering Families, a nonprofit organization, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. 

Continuing her education at Texas Tech, Alexandra earned a Master of Science in Agricultural Education in May 2024. Throughout her time as a graduate student, she was a teaching assistant and worked on several research studies focused on the impacts of groups and teams in the classroom, the agriculture workforce skill gap, the impact of study-abroad experiences on leadership development, diversity, equity and inclusion practices in the agriculture industry, and barriers for underrepresented students in colleges of agriculture. During her time at OSU, Alexandra is eager to be equipped with the knowledge that will prepare her to develop community and organizational spaces that put every person, every day first.