1600-B Smith Road * Austin, Texas 78721 * PHONE: 512.854.9600 * FAX: 512.854.9611
Administration
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Maggie Moreno Johnson County Extension Director Email: mmjohnson@ag.tamu.edu Maggie began her career with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services in 2000. As the County Extension Director, Maggie provides leadership and supervision to over 70 professional, paraprofessional and support staff that contribute to Extensions diverse and innovative educational efforts in Travis County. Maggie has a Master’s degree in Agriculture and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Sociology from Texas A&M Kingsville. |
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Irma Marquez Office Supervisor Irma has been with Travis County for 23 years. As the Office Manager she oversees the general office operations for both Texas A&M and Travis County. She assists with purchasing, payroll, budgets, administrative paperwork and is the Travel Coordinator for Travis County for the department. In her free time Irma enjoys taking cooking classes and playing with her two dogs Riley and Cooper. |
4-H & Youth Development
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Morgan Newton County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development Email: Morgan.Newton@ag.tamu.edu Morgan received her degrees in animal science and agricultural education from Colorado State University. Before joining the AgriLife team she taught agriculture in Colorado. She is passionate about working with the next generation of leaders in our community. More information about the 4-H opportunities available in Travis County can be seen on the Travis County 4-H Blog and on the Travis County Facebook page. |
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County Extension Agent – Urban Youth Development |
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Nathan Tucker County Extension Agent – 4-H Cooperative Extension Program, Prairie View A & M University Email: Nathan.Tucker@ag.tamu.edu Nathan is the CEP Agent for the 4-H Program in Travis County. He promotes the 4-H Program to diverse and low resource audiences. He began the position in December 2011, and before that, worked for the Texas AgriLife Extension in the capacity of Extension Assistant with the Better Living for Texans program since January of 2007. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a major in Spanish and a minor in Business, Nathan attended San Francisco State University, where he obtained a Master’s Degree in English with a concentration in Linguistics. Information about the Prairie View Cooperative Extension youth program can be found on the 4-H CEP Blog. |
Family & Community Health
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Sonia Coyle County Extension Agent – Family and Community Health Email:Sonia.Coyle@ag.tamu.edu Sonia Coyle started working as the County Extension Agent-Family and Community Health in July 2013. Sonia is responsible for conducting educational programs in nutrition, wellness, food safety, and financial management. Sonia has worked for over ten years in Travis County in the areas of nutrition and health education, early literacy, and parenting programs. Her experience includes working as a Program Manager for AVANCE, Inc. and Keep It Healthy, and as a Nutrition Educator for Capital Area Food Bank and the Texas Department of Health and Human Services-WIC program. She holds a Master’s degree of science in education from Baylor University and is a Registered Dietitian from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. |
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County Extension Agent – Family and Community Health Cooperative Extension Program, Prairie View A&M University |
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Oscar Zamora Extension Agent – Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Email: Oscar.Zamora@ag.tamu.edu Oscar Zamora was born and raised in Deep South Texas in a town called San Benito. He graduated High School in May of 1999 and immediately left to serve four years in the United States Marine Corps. Upon returning home in 2003, he started his college career at what once was called The University of Texas Pan-American, UTPA (now known as The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, UTRGV). He hit the ground running with a full schedule from day one and never stopped going to school (even summers) until he finished college in May 2008 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Dietetics, and then continued on, earning a Master’s Degree in 2018. Oscar joined the Travis County AgriLife Extension team in 2018 and is currently serving as the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Agent. As a dietitian, he tries to watch what he eats and get plenty of exercise daily, in order to lead by example. He is motivated by seeing how people can change just by rearranging how they view foods and physical activity. Oscar provides leadership and management to the Travis County EFNEP unit. This program provides general nutrition education and promotes physical activity among families and youth with limited resources. Information on the Travis County EFNEP Program can be found on the EFNEP website. For nutrition information follow them on Facebook. |
Horticulture, Agriculture & Natural Resources
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Daphne Richards County Extension Agent – Horticulture Email:DRichards@ag.tamu.edu Daphne Richards received her BA in botany from The University of Texas at Austin and her MS in horticulture from Texas A&M. Before joining the Travis County team in 2009, she served as the CEA-Hort in El Paso County for nine years. Her primary responsibilities include leading educational programming in the areas of home horticulture and urban agriculture, as well as for professionals in the green industry. She also serves as coordinator of the local Master Gardener program, training and managing over 200 very active Master Gardener volunteers. She may be seen each week on KLRU in the award-winning television program “Central Texas Gardener.” You can follow her Tweets and you can “like” her horticulture information on Facebook. You might also catch her around town at various gardening events. If you do, please say hi! |
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Peter Agboola County Extension Agent –Agriculture & Natural Resources Cooperative Extension Program, Prairie View A&M University Peter Temitope Agboola is the CEP AgNR Extension Agent for Travis/Caldwell County. He began this position in March 2022. He received his bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics and Extension from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria, in 2008, and his first master’s degree in Agricultural Science from the University of South Africa in 2017, where he worked as an agricultural educator for 5 years. He obtained another master’s degree in agricultural science from Sam Houston State University in 2021. He focuses primarily on promoting healthy agricultural practices in urban agriculture, ensuring food security in urban counties, cover cropping, farm risk management, and the environment and natural resources. |
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Kayli M. Crauthers County Extension Agent – Agriculture & Natural Resources Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Email: kayli.crauthers@ag.tamu.edu |
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Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management Email:EBrown@ag.tamu.edu Wizzie has been with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service since 2002 and has been playing with insects since she was a toddler. She is an Extension Program Specialist with the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. Wizzie holds a B.S. in entomology from The Ohio State University and a M.S. in entomology from Texas A&M University. The integrated pest management program provides identification, biological and management information to whomever needs help. Wizzie’s research focuses on imported fire ants, including community wide fire ant management. Wizzie also is happy to provide programs to area groups on a variety of arthropod-related topics. You can find insect and other arthropod information on Wizzie’s blog. |
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Sheryl Williams Horticulture Program Assistant Email: Sheryl.Williams@ag.tamu.edu Sheryl joined us in March 2019 as the Horticulture Program Assistant but has been a Travis County Master Gardener since 2010. She has a B.S. in Agricultural Education from Oregon State University and spent many years doing marketing for the banking and high tech industries. Sheryl’s primary responsibilities are to assist with horticultural educational programs and coordination of the Travis County Master Gardener volunteer program. |
Better Living for Texans
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Enereyda Garza Extension Agent – Better Living for Texans Email: enereyda.garza@ag.tamu.edu Better Living for Texans (BLT) is a nutrition education program for adults and children that are SNAP participants and SNAP eligible. The BLT program helps people make healthy meals, improve their physical fitness, save money at the grocery store, grow their own foods, and adopt better food safety habits. |
Administrative Support Staff
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Angela ReyesAdministrative AssistantEmail: angela.reyes@traviscountytx.gov Angela supports agents for the following programs: Family & Community Health with Cooperative Extension Program, Prairie View A&M University, AgriLife Extension and Better Living for Texans. Angela has been with Travis County for 20 years. Before joining AgriLife, she worked in other departments of the Health & Human Services Division. She participates in training opportunities provided by the County and AgriLife and has obtained numerous certificates. She enjoys spending time with her husband and family. |
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Zandya Acosta RiscoAdministrative Assistant for 4-H & Youth DevelopmentEmail: zandya.acostarisco@traviscountytx.gov Zandya joined the Travis County AgriLife Extension Office at the end of April 2023. In her position, she provides administrative support to the County Extension Agent for the 4-H & Youth Development program and the County Extension Agent for the Prairie View Cooperative Extension. Prior to joining the Travis County family, she was a Corporate Trainer and Human Resources professional for almost 20 years for both corporate and non-profit organizations. Zandya is from the Republic of Panama, she moved to the United States at the age of 10 and she’s fluent in Spanish. She has lived in Florida, New York and New Jersey, but after living here for 12 years, she now calls Texas home. She enjoys exploring new places and things to do in Texas with her husband and family. |
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Kelly CastroOffice AssistantEmail: kelly.castro@traviscountytx.gov Kelly joined Travis County AgriLife Extension in August 2018 as an Office Assistant where she oversees the front desk. She is currently working toward her Bachelor’s in Business Management and enjoys spending time with her family and getting to know new people. |
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Vincent DyeAdministrative AssistantEmail: vincent.dye@traviscountytx.gov The Administrative Assistant for the Horticulture and Agriculture/Natural Resources agents for Travis County provides program support for training homeowners on maintaining their lawns/landscapes and growing vegetables, and training for farmers on how to identify and treat for the newest pests threatening their crops. |
The members of Texas A&M AgriLife will provide equal opportunities in programs and activities, education, and employment to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
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