Vincent (Antonio) Brazelton Jr. is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Plant and Microbial Biosciences at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is a William H. Danforth Plant Science Fellow and George Washington Carver Fellow. His dissertation work, Root ideotypes for urban and low-input agricultural systems using collard greens as a model for climate resilience and sustainability, focuses on breeding for root traits that support urban and low-input agricultural systems. Antonio also serves as the Senior Coordinator of Research Partnerships at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center (JJK-FAN) in East St. Louis, Illinois.