After graduating from Texas A&M in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, as well as certificates in International Business and International Trade, she spent the summer in Argentina interning for one of the largest privately owned agribusiness producers and services providers in South America, Grupo Los Grobo. After returning from Argentina, Pennington spent the Fall semester interning for Congressman Ruben Hinojosa in Washington, D.C. through Texas A&M’s Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program.