Deanna van Klaveren works with her passions: connecting with high school students as a coach and co-founder of the Find Your WHY, Inc. program, connecting with leaders as the alumni coordinator for the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, and connecting with plants as the secretary/treasurer of their family nursery, Generation Growers, Inc. Deanna received her Bachelor’s of Science in Horticulture from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo as well as a teaching credential in Agriculture with add-ons in English and Physical Science. Deanna lives at their ten-acre nursery in Modesto with her husband, Roger, two teenage children, and a menagerie of pets.