ProStart Provides Entree Into Culinary World

Thirty seconds into a conversation with Emily Haas, you’ll be impressed.

And rightly so. She recently graduated from Appalachian State University with a double major in hospitality and tourism management and entrepreneurship and a minor in nutrition. She has a long list of achievements including an internship with MGM Resorts in Las Vegas and is beginning a two-year entrepreneurial fellowship.

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A minute later, as you listen to her story, your confidence level in the future of the hospitality industry will rise a bit and by the time you hang up the phone, you’ll really be hopeful.  

Haas credits much of her success to her participation in the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s (NRAEF) ProStart program while attending Watauga High School in Boone, NC.

“I grew up in a very small rural town and I found my passion,” Haas told Modern Restaurant Management…