Makayla Gasper

is a second-year student at Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) where she is studying Biological Engineering alongside a minor in Environmental Engineering.

Gasper currently works for the Iowa Waste Reduction Center (Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA) as a food waste intern working mainly on the Community Gardens and Farmers Market Compost and Donation Project. She is entrusted to prepare and assist in conducting training for compost projects, help implement farmers market programs in communities in Iowa, and reach out to stakeholders to garner participation in IWRC on-site services. Additionally, research potential stakeholders, communities, and participants that could benefit from IWRC outreach, services, and programs. She also assists the food waste program manager with research and implementation of projects and programming.

She has received the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Student award for her work in ProjectWest.