New County Extension Agent Excited To Be Closer To Family

 Antelope County Extension has a new face in its office.

Brittany Spieker, originally from Pierce, started on Feb. 1 as the Food, Nutrition and Health Extension Educator. In addition to Antelope County, Spieker will also be serving in Nance, Boone and Knox Counties. 

“It’s really exciting to come back, be closer to family,” Spieker said.

Spieker has spent the last seven years in Lincoln for her undergraduate and master’s degree studies, both in nutrition and health sciences. Her undergrad was an emphasis in dietetics, while her master’s had an emphasis on community nutrition and health promotion with a minor in leadership studies.
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Her main focus in her new role will be on kids, “but I will also be working with adults, so my spectrum can be working with about anybody, and so even if I’m working with adults, a lot of those adults do have contact with kids as well,” she said. “Kind of working with the whole community to help lift the whole community up in their health and wellness together.”

Spieker said she is “looking forward to partnering with a lot of different organizations around in the communities and potentially doing things with schools.”

She is also looking forward to working with libraries doing outreach with the schools and kids, and doing things with the grocery stores in the county like food demonstrations or tours.

“I’d be more than happy to partner with anybody that’s looking for activities or looking for continuing education for their students or for other group activities,” Spieker said.
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Anybody wanting more information can contact Spieker at the Antelope County Extension Office.