Miles is a 2004 graduate of North Dakota State University, where he majored in anthropology and minored in political science. He conducted research on traditional medicine and health care at an anthropological field school in Tanzania, interned for Congressman Earl Pomeroy in Washington, D.C., and was chosen as a delegate to the International Federation of Agriculture Producers Conference (IFAP) for his research paper on IFAP’s role in combating world hunger. On campus, he started a weekend service trip program to a Native American reservation, led a service trip to San Francisco, and worked with Students for Social Justice and Support International.
Field placement: Farm to Table
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Policy placement: Bread for the World
Washington, D.C.