AMANI RESIDENTS IN ACTION ‘Getting Involved with Intention.’ Amani resident Mitchelle Lyle grew a passion for plants into a program that encourages youth to live healthy lives, explore agriculture & STEM careers
Entrepreneur and long-time Amani resident Mitchelle Lyle knows a thing or two about roots. She’s lived in her family’s Amani home practical- ly her entire life, leaving to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison and going even further to follow her career dreams, but also staying connected to where she grew. In 2018, after earning both her Bachelor and Master degrees in Industrial and Systems Engi- neering, and becoming a successful entrepre- neur, she moved back to Amani and planted her long roots in the soil she remembered. “It’s home,” Mitchelle said. “No matter what I do or where I go, I’ve always been able to come back home. There are so many memories [in Amani]. My family and I still laugh through all the mem- ories and milestones here that happened in our house.” And back when her roots first broke through the Amani earth and spread, she developed a passion for gardening. She was born into a gar- dening family and her love of plants runs in the family. “I have some of the fondest memories of being able to pick my own snack from my grandmother’s garden. My siblings and I used to laugh about how good they were, we thought our grandmother had to add something to the soil to make it taste that way,” she said. “It was so special, and we kept that habit of choosing a healthy snack with us for a long time into adult- hood. When I had a soil garden, I allowed my nieces and nephews to pick what they wanted as well. It’s an informal tradition!” Her life-long passion, combined with her back- ground in STEM (and a little push from DC!) led
“I have some of the fondest mem- ories of being able to pick my own snack from my grandmother’s garden. When I had a soil garden, I allowed my nieces and nephews to pick what they wanted as well. It’s an informal tradition!” – Mitchelle Lyle
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