Megan Cassidy grew up in Northwestern Colorado and went to Colorado Mesa University. She was involved in agriculture at a young age through 4H. When she’s not busy helping run her family’s cattle operation, working in town, and spending time with family, she’s advocating for the agriculture industry.  Some of her involvement includes, but is not limited to, Mesa County Cattlewomen’s, District 9 Representative for the Colorado Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers, Vice President of her local co-op, and former Grand Junction Chamber Board Member. Her most recent honor being the 2025 Colorado Cattlewomen’s Rookie of the Year.

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We hope you enjoyed hearing about Josie’s work. Part 2 live and you’ll get to hear more on her life!

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Josie Waters is agricultural anthropologist and 8th generation farmer-rancher from Micanopy, FL. She worked in the feed industry for 10 years for Corbett’s Feed and Seminole Feed. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s in anthropology from UF, and gained field experience as an archaeological field technician in Alaska, Costa Rica, and most of the southeast and Midwest US. She then earned her masters in cultural anthropology with a focus on agriculture from the University of Wyoming where she defended her thesis, “I no longer have a skin; I have a hide”: The Complexities of Care Work of Women Cattle Ranchers in Southeastern Wyoming, exploring women’s labor in the ranching industry. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in cultural-linguistic anthropology further focusing on women’s labor, land ownership, succession planning, motherhood, and women’s economic futures in the ranching industry in the Intermountain West.

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Eileen Breen spent some of her childhood in the states and in Malawi, Africa. Her love for horses started at a young age and while she pursued many career paths including as a stockbroker, she ultimately found her way back to the equine industry in equine assisted services. She started her journey in equine assisted services with the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association and currently teaches adaptive riding.Eileen previously served as the Director at Heartstrings and Hoofbeats and now currently serves as the Services Facilitator at CSU Spur’s Temple Grandin Equine Center. Her story is full of twists and turns but grounded in passion. We hope you enjoy this great listen!

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Grab a snack and a beverage! Mary Margaret and Gina sit down with some life updates, fun stories, and inquiries for the Western ranching world. We got the Q’s, some of y’all might have the A’s and we want to hear them!

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Dr. LuJean Waters is a proud 7th-generation rancher who is the owner/operator of Heartland Large Animal Services based out of Bartow, FL. She is also a professor at Warner University, teaching beef cattle production and animal sciences. When she is not busy with clients or class, she likes to spend her time showing registered Brahman cattle. She is also involved with the Florida Cattlemen’s Association at the county and state level and currently serves as a board member of the Florida Beef Council. This is one jam packed episode that you don’t want to miss!

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Reba Mazak is a fifth-generation Florida cattle rancher based out of Sumter County. In addition to ranching in Florida and Texas, she also owns a limerock mine, wedding venue, and hunting operation. She has served as President of Florida CattleWomen in 2004 and President of the American National CattleWomen in 2022. Reba is passionate about the beef industry and mentoring the youth of agriculture. Help us congratulate her for the well-deserved honor of being the 2025 Florida Woman of the Year in Agriculture!

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Ava Budde grew up in eastern Washington as a third-generation rancher. She was involved in 4-H and FFA, went to Northwest College for livestock judging, and is currently an agricultural communications major at the University of Wyoming. She previously served as the Washington State Beef Ambassador and is finishing her term as one of three members of the 2024-2025 Collegiate Beef Advocacy Program. She is passionate about advocating for the agriculture industry and we cannot wait to see what she’ll continue to do for our industry!

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Part 2 of Mrs. Liesa Priddy’s story is live! We talk about everything from the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), traveling, and all things personal.

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