MICRO-BIO

• Jessica Sprain is a Youth Development Professional with the University of Florida/IFAS Extension program in Osceola County, Florida. Her work emphasizes youth development, volunteer and organizational systems, and diversity and inclusion. She works...More

  Jessica Sprain is a Youth Development Professional with the University of Florida/IFAS Extension program in Osceola County, Florida. Her work emphasizes youth development, volunteer and organizational systems, and diversity and inclusion. She works with a state-wide taskforce to increase diversity and inclusion in 4-H programming. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a B.A. in Psychology, and will be starting her masters in Family, Youth, and Community Science at the University of Florida in January 2019. Her master's work will focus on adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and the impact it has on inclusion in non-formal education and youth development programs. 

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EXPERIENCE

• University of Florida

  • UF/IFAS Extension, 4-H Youth Development Agent
  • UF/IFAS Extension-Osceola County
  • Present

• University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension

  • 4-H Youth Development Program Advisor
  • Cooperative Extension-St.Croix County
  • January 2012 to January 2015

EDUCATION

• University of Florida

  • Masters in Family Youth and Community Science
  • October 2018 to Present

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  • Bachelor of Arts-Psychology
  • August 2007 to May 2011

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