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Faith leads from Amish to automation for future NRCC grad

 

DUBLIN, VA — Ammon “AJ” Miller’s journey of faith has taken him from the horse and buggy to a 2004 turbo diesel Volkswagen Jetta.

The same journey led his twice-shunned family from an antiquated Amish village in Pennsylvania to their modern farm in Giles County. And now the 22-year-old is set on a path toward a previously unimaginable future — working with robotics.  

 The fourth of seven children, AJ Miller will be the second in his family to earn a college degree. His brother Reuben Miller earned degrees from both NRCC and Radford University on his way to becoming a middle school math teacher and his sister Sarah Miller is currently enrolled at NRCC.

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