2011-2012 State Vice President Kyle Strachila

Kyle Strachila is serving as the 2011-2012 Washington State FFA Vice President this year. He comes from the Mt. Baker FFA chapter and District I, where he was lucky enough to have two great FFA advisors in Ms. Whitcomb and Mr. Rightmire. Kyle is very passionate about the FFA, but apart from that in life he loves his large family, sports, and traveling.

Kyle has grown up on a small family operated dairy farm in Deming his whole life, so agriculture is a part of who is he. He learned about the opportunities of the FFA though his older brother, and once he was in high school, jumped at every opportunity the FFA had to offer him.

Kyle started in FFA by participating in the Greenhand CDE, followed by Food Science for a year and also Job Interview. Kyle also participated in Livestock judging, Dairy judging, Horse judging, and tractor driving. He raised two market pigs a year, one for the Puget Sound Junior Livestock Show and Sale and another for the Lynden Junior Livestock Show and Sale. His senior year, Kyle also served as the Mt. Baker chapter president. Kyle stayed very busy outside of the FFA too. He participated in Football, Basketball, and Baseball throughout high school for four years each, was a member of the FBLA, and also was ASB President.

The future is always a mystery to Kyle, so even though he plans to attend college next year, he’s still unsure of where at the moment. Washington State University is a strong possibility however. Wherever he goes to school, Kyle plans on starting his studies in Business Management and Sales, but for now he’s blessed with the opportunity he has to serve the Washington State FFA.