A Single Geography Class Inspires Career in Coffee

Cameron Waggener, BA ’17, began his career by opening the Washington, D.C., area’s first bicycle coffee shop. He was inspired to pursue this path after taking the geography course People, Land and Food. Waggener’s curiosity was particularly piqued by the course’s focus on coffee and its global supply chain — so much so, he spent his sophomore-year summer working on a coffee farm in Ecuador. During senior year, he started his business on the back of a bike.