With eye shadow popping and rings glimmering, Sunny Green, a full time student, mother and the president of the Horticulture Club here at LBCC, takes her regular stroll out to the campus garden to check on the plants and plan next steps of action for the Horticulture Club.
Green works hard, laughs hard and plays hard. After 39 years of life, she is of strong build and vibrant energy, most likely due to her chosen career goal of naturopathy and her consistent involvement with student action undoubtedly keeping her own youthfulness alive.
She joined the Horticulture club because she enjoys green, growing things. Her youthful energy matches the younger members perfectly creating a dynamic, inspiring and motivated momentum in their work as a team. Her duties with the club are a matter of organizing events and supporting the students take action on projects as well as coordinating with Stefan Seiter the club's adviser. "Working with Sunny is wonderful. She's very talkative and funny. She's always been kind to people she works with. I think she does well as our president because she is organized, attentive and a hard worker. She goes above what we need. Sunny is our mother earth and we are her darling flower children. She looks out for us and keeps us busy. . ." said Rhianna Maynard the club's secretary.
Whether it's through her math and science classes, working with the Horticulture Club on cleanups, plant sales and garden plans, she embodies her work towards her goals to become a Naturopathic Doctor. As a living result of how powerful natural remedies from the earth can be, Sunny has her mind set on acquiring an extremely valuable set of skills.
Her love of plants was one that grew from birth, having spent much time with her grandmother in the garden. She describes her upbringing as a conservative protestant experience, which contrasts to her liberal attitude she carries. Her educational career in horticulture oriented science began after an accident in 2001 leading to a cervical fusion.
"When I went to the doctor with what I thought was a new symptom they would prescribe another pharmaceutical. I became very sick, cachexia is just one example, so I went to alternative medicine and whole foods."
Cachexia is a "wasting syndrome" which is characterized by loss of weight, fatigue and weakness to extreme degrees in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight.
She reports now in her full body and brilliance that she is the healthiest she has ever been, and her energy proves it. Working with plants out in the field is hard work, not to mention taking 15 credits towards an associate degree in science with a biological emphasis in naturopathic medicine. Her goals are to then transfer to OSU, and or attend National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Ore..
"Plant based medicine is my primary focus and treating the whole person; mind, body and spirit."
At a Glance:
Sunny Green 39 years of age, Origin: Massachusettes Current: #PNW Oregon
Major: Associate Degree in Science, Biological Emphasis in Naturopathic Medicine
Participation: Horticulture Club (Tuesdays at noon in the LBCC green house)
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