{"id":1991,"date":"2026-07-23T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:09:42","slug":"osu-extension-intern-connects-passions-for-animals-science-and-community-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2026\/07\/23\/osu-extension-intern-connects-passions-for-animals-science-and-community-service\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Extension intern connects passions for animals, science and community service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello all,<\/span>
\nMy name is Armando Peters, and\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0proud to be Yamhill County\u2019s 4-H student intern! I am originally from Austin, Texas, but moved to McMinnville, Oregon in 2024 with my family to attend Oregon State University. Currently,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0going into my third year as an\u00a0animal science major on the pre-veterinary pathway, with a minor in chemistry. My career goals are to work more with animals, gain\u00a0experience\u00a0and eventually attend\u00a0Carlson\u00a0College of Veterinary Medicine at OSU.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Armando Peters giving a student their t-shirt bag at the 2026 4-H Summer Conference. Photo: KayLani Cruz<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

Even though I grew up in Texas, I was never heavily involved with 4-H or Extension Services but I was always curious about what exactly they do. So far, I\u2019ve greatly enjoyed learning about the services my office provides, and just how much work Extension does to keep our local communities running. Being here means a lot to me because I feel privileged to help residents of Yamhill County while also learning much more about 4-H, gardening, food preservation and fair planning (just to name a few). I love working here because it blends my interest in animals and agriculture with university programs. It\u2019s a great combination that helps more people and kids get hands-on experience with farming, which is awesome to see. I even got to attend the Oregon 4-H Summer Conference with my supervisor and help the first day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of summer, I hope to gain more familiarity working with 4-H youth, practice event planning\/management\u00a0and improve my professional communication skills. As of writing, our county fair is only two weeks\u00a0away,\u00a0and our office has been busy with fair prep, which has given me a new perspective on what it takes to coordinate and run such a large event every single year! While I know fair week will\u00a0likely be\u00a0intense,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0excited to see what\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0like behind the scenes and do my part to keep everything running smoothly. Beyond the fair,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0happy to be working here and\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0wait to see what new experiences the rest of the summer has to offer!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello all, My name is Armando Peters, and\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0proud to be Yamhill County\u2019s 4-H student intern! I am originally from Austin, Texas, but moved to McMinnville, Oregon in 2024 with my family to attend Oregon State University. Currently,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0going into my third year as an\u00a0animal science major on the pre-veterinary pathway, with a minor in chemistry. My… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,114],"tags":[320],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-yamhill-county","tag-armando-peters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14884"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}