Marya Merriam

Marya grew up on an organic vegetable farm in central Vermont and is currently studying Environmental Biology with a minor in Dance at Columbia University in New York City. She loves the Kansas skies but misses the mountains of Vermont. She chose her major because it best allows her to study ecology, food systems, and the effects of human interactions with both. At The Land Institute, she gravitates toward physical tasks outdoors in the field over lab work.