Loveta Hammond 06/03/2014

Loveta Hammond was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, in 1951. Loveta was active in home economics and was a member of 4-H during high school, both of those factors playing a vital role in her future. She graduated from Bristow High School In 1969 and enrolled at Langston University, majoring in home economics. After she graduated college in 1973, Loveta got a job with Oklahoma City’s Cooperative Extension Service where she learned how to be an effective home economist. She was responsible for twenty-five Home and Community Education groups for four years and then went on to be the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Coordinator with the Community Nutrition Education Program. As the program grew and branched out, Loveta’s responsibilities multiplied, as well, as she worked in more and more counties.