For an ingénue environmental scientist, Mtisunge Mngoli has very well-defined career aspirations. “I want to promote food security and help rural female-headed households adapt to climate change through the promotion of underused crops in Malawi,” says Mngoli confidently. Mngoli currently works as a research assistant on a project that is developing eco-nutrition guidelines for communities, to help them adapt to climate change and improve child nutrition, food security, and environmental quality.