Geary County Extension Agent Deb Andres has been honored with the Kansas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences State Extension Award.

The award honors outstanding Extension System programming, which enables people to improve their life and communities through learning partnerships that put knowledge to work in family and consumer sciences programs.

Andres has served as an educator in many roles including manufacturing supervisor, high school teacher, college instructor, and is currently the Family and Consumer Science Agent in Geary County for K-State Research and Extension. She and her husband, Duane, have three boys, Mark, Joey and Zach and live on their farm near Alta Vista.