>> So I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico on a farm, bananas and coffee.
And I was 100% sure that I wanted to work in the agricultural industry.
Obviously, it's such a big part of who we are as a society.
And my father is a minister, a United Methodist minister.
And he was assigned to a church up in the mountains of Puerto Rico.
And that was my first exposure to agriculture.
It was then that I got involved with an organization called FFA,
formerly known as the Future Farmers of America.
I decided that if I wanted to be a national officer, I needed to learn English,
and I needed to learn about American agriculture.
I applied to Penn State, got in, landed in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
During my time at Penn State studying agricultural and extension education,
I actually ran for office with FFA.
I was elected national president of FFA back in 2003 leading 600,000 members across the US,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
And it was that year that I actually ran into Toyota.
I was speaking to Toyota executives, thanking them for their support,
and I was offered an internship at that meeting.
And I couldn't say no.
I couldn't resist.
That was ten years ago.
I've been with Toyota ever since.
And as crazy as it may seem, agriculture, bananas and coffee, FFA,
Penn State led me to Toyota today.