American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)


McKenzie K. Mortensen
Lincoln, Nebraska

We're excited to feature FCS secondary education teacher McKenzie Mortensen. Her advisor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sheree Moser (also a member!) referred her to AAFCS and encouraged her to apply for the Spotlight.

McKenzie's had her sights set on teaching since the third grade. She writes, "It is important to me to get to know students on a personal level and work with them to succeed in school while also preparing them for their life after high school. My most memorable experience was when I first heard a 7th grader say, “Oh, I get it” after I explained the concept of work of the family."

Learn more about McKenzie at www.aafcs.org/Membership/Spotlight.asp.

Family & Consumer Sciences Products

To help raise the visibility of the field, AAFCS is offering a number of official products with the new Family & Consumer Sciences icon on them. You can see the notecards (left) and many more FCS and AAFCS items in our online store.

For more than 100 years, the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) has provided leadership and support to professionals whose work assists individuals, families, and communities in making informed decisions about their well being, relationships, and resources to achieve optimal quality of life.

AAFCS is the only professional association that connects family and consumer sciences (FCS) students and professionals from both multiple practice settings and content areas. Our members are educators, administrators and managers, human service and business professionals, researchers, community volunteers, and consultants. They provide research-based knowledge about the topics of everyday life, including human development, personal and family finance, housing and interior design, food science, nutrition and wellness, textiles and apparel, and consumer issues.

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