Alisen Anderson grew up on a small farm in Columbia City, Indiana. She attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 2007-2009 where she judged livestock and was the Student Body President in 2009. She graduated from Missouri State University in 2012 with her Bachelors in Agriculture. In 2012 she accepted a position at NEO as an academic advisor in the CASA department. Then, in 2013 she was hired to replace the retiring Roger Fent as an agriculture instructor. She graduated from Iowa State University in 2015 with her Masters in Agriculture Education. Alisen teaches plant and soil science systems, soil science, agricultural leadership, pasture and range management, agriculture mechanics, college life and success and freshman year experience. With her husband Jared, they manage a farm and ranch in Ottawa county. They have two children Grace who is 4 and Colt who is 9 months. Teaching at NEO is Alisen’s dream life and is so thankful for the opportunity to get to teach NEO students!
