Takiyah Ball, Ph.D., food safety microbiologist, Sargento, sat down with QA assistant editor McKenna Christy to reflect on her academic career and how she pursued her doctoral degree at North Carolina State University.
Ball shared more about her career and how her love for learning and science led to a job in food safety in this March/April 2026 Life Lessons profile.
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