Washington State University PhD student and researcher in drought resistance for plants Megan Lewien has an intriguing story about her interest in agriculture. "I love that I get to be in the field doing phenotyping, selecting and identifying plants that will grow better under changing climate conditions. It is my passion. I would much rather be out in the field every day but I can't do that because I also need to be inside analyzing stuff. Where did you get your passion? Did you grow up a farm? I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, an agricultural community with more dairy farming and corn and soybeans. Went to school at University of Wisconsin, Madison which is a land-grant University and I did not find a passion for agriculture until about my sophomore year. I took a plant propagation course and just loved it. I saw all the people working in that field and realized it was an area for me. Then I started working in plant pathology which was more field-based and helping identify pathogen resistant plants. From there I just continued with agriculture and decided I needed to go to grad school because the people for whom I was working was what I wanted to be. In order to do that I needed to go get a higher degree. It was kind of just luck. I always worked in the garden and loved outside but never thought plant breeding in sustainable agriculture was my field.