Meet the Team

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Michelle Allen

Michelle Allen, a Family Consumer Science Agent in Austin County, started this journey many years ago and it has been oneRead more...

fantastic ride! She never dreamed that the decision she made in 1992 to join the organization would change her life in so many ways. Michelle is a proud mother of two children and the adopted mother of so many others. She enjoys good chick flicks, cooking, eating, laughing and doing life with those she loves. She has learned joy is a lifestyle and chooses to make the most of it!!!

Odessa Appel

Odessa Appel, Wellness Initiatives Assistant for the Healthy Texas Program, loves food, traveling, and exploring the outdoors! Read more...

Food plays an integral part of her life and she is always up for trying a new ingredient or recipe. Connecting strangers, friends, and family through food is her passion, on and off the job!

Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez

Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez, Extension Program Specialist for the Healthy South Texas Program with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, is a mom and Read more...

a native of South Texas. When not running after her three little ones, Elaine loves to develop recipes and cook for family and friends. After several rewarding years of working in nutrition and diabetes education, Elaine joined AgriLife as a Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent in Jim Wells County and was able to begin a successful Farmers Market with a monthly healthy food demonstration for the public. Her position with AgriLife and her thriving community partnerships led to great expansion of the Market and event partnerships such as community walks, a 5K run and children’s obstacle courses.

Chelsea Stevens

Chelsea Stevens, County Coordinator for Williamson County, enjoys providing families with the materials and know-how to make healthy lifestyle changes. The one Read more...

thing she loves most about cooking is feeling good about putting a healthy and nutritious meal on the table for her family.

Kelli Brown

Kelli Brown, Hood County Family and Community Health County Extension Agent, loves having the opportunity to educate Read more...

others through her role as an Extension Agent. Kelli enjoys providing healthy cooking tips, following fitness bloggers, and spending time with family and friends around the dinner table! She likes helping others connect health to exercise, food and happiness. Her goal is to encourage families to prepare and eat healthy meals together.

Michelle Allen

Odessa Appel

Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez

Chelsea Stevens

Kelli Brown

Hannah Krebs

Jocelin Villarreal

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