State Officer Blog

As the year wraps up, I can’t help but count my blessings. The list of blessings, which goes miles long, includes every single second spent with members, every second spent with my teammates and every moment of thanking our supporters and sponsors! Put simply this...

I remember the first time I ever put on my FFA jacket, my ag teacher Ms. Frank handed it to me in class, and I stuck it in my backpack to bring home. At lunch that day, sitting at the table with all of my non-FFA friends, I couldn’t wait another second to show off my...

When I was a little kid, I had a love-hate with road trips. I loved the destinations, but I hated the driving. I always brought my portable DVD player and would hunch over it with a blanket thrown over the top of me. Instead of staring out the window, my portable...

Zoning out in a large group of people, someone looks at you, and thinks you are staring at them.  Scrolling through someone’s social media, liking a post, then realizing it’s from 2017.  Meeting dozens of people in a day and a middle school FFA member asks, “Do you...

Somehow we are already two weeks into December, the year 2021 is nearly over, and our State Office year is beginning to transition yet again. It seems like just last week we were at Oregon District Officer Training in Corvallis, chicken fighting with District Officers...

The team and I kicked off the first of many Leadership Camps in June starting in Southern Oregon. Since then, we have been attending leadership camps throughout the state for each of the 11 districts in Oregon FFA. Some have been one-day camps and some have been...

As I drive in my first car, named Franny, on the backroads of my hometown playing “Wide Open Spaces” by the Dixie Chicks I can’t help with tears in my eyes, smile. My day was full of journaling from the past 14 days of State Fair, creating flipcharts for the next 11...

A couple of weeks ago, the girls and I were on a car ride headed to Eastern Oregon. I had my hands on the wheel, Bel was in the passenger seat, while Katie and Jonwyn were passed out in the back. I remember wearing a new pair of sunglasses that I had picked up to take...

The reignition that our team has talked about since the beginning is now underway. Throughout the last month of our lives, we have seen this come to fruition through the Oregon District Officer Training, Snake River District Leadership camp, and training. The first of...

Things are heating up and it’s beginning to look a lot like summer time! We, your state officer team, couldn’t be more excited for fair season, more chapter officer leadership camps, as well as business and industry tours. We just finished up the first district...

Month number two for our team is in the books and boy what a month it has been. In last month’s blog post, your 2021-2022 State President Isabel D’Acquisto wrote about how our number one goal this year as we serve you is to ignite a spark of passion inside new FFA...

Hello Oregon FFA! I am so beyond honored and thrilled to serve as the Oregon FFA State President for the 2021-2022 school year! Whether it be in person or Zoom style, you can expect a year of laughter, relationships, and grace. It has been one month since my team and...