Extension News — New Health & Wellbeing Staff Member

Sophia Wehrbein
Sophia Wehrbein

Sophia Wehrbein recently joined Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County as a part-time staff member through August to support the Health & Wellbeing team. She will help with the Nutrition School Enrichment Kit Program in Lincoln Public Schools, represent Nebraska Extension at various health fairs, assist with East Campus Discovery Days, support the Growing Together Nebraska team with community education, and help revise materials on food.unl.edu to improve digital accessibility.

Sophia graduated this past December from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Health Sciences. She will begin UNL’s Professional Studies in Dietetics graduate program this coming fall semester.