Newest Citrus Fellow!

Hello Citrus Fans,

My name is Emma Morton and I’ll be taking over for Selys Rivera. I am a BFA Theatre Performance major with a minor in English here at Florida Southern College. I hope to eventually work on Broadway. I lived in a suburb of Chicago for most of my life, but recently my family moved to Dallas, Texas. Living out of state is hard since I do not get to spend as much time with my family and off campus friends as the in-state students get to, but it’s a really great experience that is completely worth it.

As far as extracurricular activities, I am a member of the Campus Cat Feeding Club and the Vagabonds. I am also a sister and officer of Alpha Omicron Pi’s Kappa Gamma Chapter. I am the newest, and youngest, Citrus Fellow here at the McKay Archives and I’m so excited to be taking over this blog.

Since I’ve been employed here, I’ve helped work on a number of projects. I have helped digitize files, organize photos, and photocopy priceless documents. Although, my favorite part about the job is posting photos to our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. I really enjoy looking at the citrus labels that we have dedicated our Instagram account too. I’m also looking forward to researching different topics for posts on this blog.

I sincerely hope that after my good friend Selys leaves, I will be able to continue this blog with the same amount of creativity and elegance that she did. I hope to post regularly and to find unique topics such as citrus pests, today’s citrus industry, and interesting people who work with citrus (both of the past and present).

With all of the holidays coming up, I sincerely wish you all the best and hope you enjoy your time off.

Happy Holidays!

Written by Emma Morton

Student Fellow at the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame

In partnership with Florida Southern College’s McKay Archives Center