Brief Bio

Brianna E. Parsons, VMD is a veterinarian by training with a MSED in Education Entrepreneurship. She is a lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture at Penn Vet and Executive Director of Gambia Goat Dairy, a community-led teaching and research farm using agriculture to improve community health and well-being, reduce poverty, promote food sovereignty, and foster environmental stewardship. Her interests in global health center on agriculture, given animal-source foods role in preventing malnutrition, and due to agriculture’s potential to foster inclusive economic development.