Mississippi University for Women student Lauren Rhoades has been named the new director of the Eudora Welty House and Garden in Jackson. She previously served as the public assistance specialist at the Welty House.
Rhoades worked for two years as a FoodCorps service member in Jackson and led the nutrition and garden education programs at Magnolia Speech School and Raines Elementary School. In 2015, she was named the FoodCorps Mississippi State Fellow. Her food writing has been featured in the Jackson Free Press and Cookinglight.com. Previously, Rhoades worked with school groups, developed public programming, and managed the Education and Visitors Center gift shop.
Rhoades earned bachelor of arts degrees in English literature, Spanish, and political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is currently working on her MFA in creative writing at Mississippi University for Women.
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