Zhong-Xing (Johnson) Rao completed his B.S. at the National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan (2017) and his M.S. at Kansas State University (2020) in swine nutrition and is currently completing his Ph.D. at Kansas State University in swine nutrition. During his B.S. degree, Johnson was the President of the animal science student association and received the outstanding graduating senior award and the Chin-Yao Award, which recognizes the top 1% of students at the entire university. During his M.S. and Ph.D. at Kansas State University, he conducted numerous research projects and provided leadership through data analyst roles with several commercial industry research partners. He has received several graduate student scholarships for his excellent grades, university leadership involvement, and superior research efforts. His rich sense of humor and intelligence allows him to connect with audiences and be a trusted source of information that he has helped generate for the swine industry.