ALUMNI
Our collective of CASFS POC Alumni are amazing human-beings, spreading their passion and knowledge around the world.
Their extensive capacity and field of interest is interwoven as farmers, urban gardeners, educators, health & wellness mentors, healers, herbalists, permaculturalist, seed savers, policy advocates, program directors, landscape architects & designers, environmental & food justice activists, entrepreneurs, community leaders, mindful humans on the Earth with deeply profound souls.
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CATHERINE SNEED, 1987
San Francisco, CA
Founder and Director, The Garden Project
Farm based job and life skills training, youth, organic food donation
www.gardenproject.org
DAVID SNEED, 1994
San Francisco, CA
Farm Manager, The Garden Project
Farm based job and life skills training, youth, organic food donation
www.gardenproject.org
AKIKO MINAMI, 1999
Santa Cruz, CA
Social justice advocate, POC community organizer
UCSC Teacher Credential/MA Education student 2017-18
Parent Garden Committee Head at Monarch Community School
Parent of two amazing daughters, Tamarah (11) and Emunah (6)
GUILLERMO VASQUEZ, 1999
San Francisco, CA
Indigenous Permaculture Project
www.indigenous-permaculture.com
HERMAN YEE, 2000
Oakland CA
Garden Educator at Urban Sprouts
JAMES MURRELL, 2000
PAULO MAZZARELLA, 2000
URSULA CHANSE, 2000
Bronx, NY
Director of Bronx Green-Up and Community Horticulture
New York Botanical Garden
LESLIE GEATHERS, 2001
Sebastopol, CA
Permaculture, Urban Ecology, Ecological Architecture, Organic Architecture,
and Sustainable Systems, Adjunct Professor at University of SF.
www.usfca.edu/faculty/leslie-geathers
DARRYL WONG, CURRENT STAFF, 2004-2005 apprentice
Santa Cruz, CA
Farm Site and Research Lands Manager, UC Santa Cruz
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS)
dgwong@ucsc.edu
https://casfs.ucsc.edu
KOPALI SERNA, 2005
Malinalco, Mexico
Holistic Therapist, Ecologist, Permaculturalist, Community Activist,
Fundraiser, Acupressure Therapist
www.kopali.strikingly.com
KIM ALLEN, 2005-2006
JOY MOORE, 2007
Berkley, CA
Food justice activist, key player in reforming school lunches in Berkeley Unified School District, co-founded Farm Fresh Choice of the Ecology Center, Commissioner for the City of Berkeley on the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (Soda Tax), currently teaching garden based nutrition to high school students and their families in Berkeley.
morejoy00@gmail.com
MARSHA HABIB, 2008
Hollister, CA
Founder, OYA Organics
www.oya-organics.com/
KAREN WASHINGTON, 2008
New York, NY
A member of La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, she launched City Farms Markets, bringing garden grown and farm fresh vegetables to her neighborhood. Latest project, is collaborating and farming with Rise & Root Farm.
www.riseandrootfarm.com/karen-washington/
DAVID PECUSA, 2009
AZ
Hopi Native a generational dryland farmer, works with Navajo and Hopi tribes at local schools to maintain edible gardens in schools.
CRISTINA DOMINGUEZ, 2010
El Paso, TX
Co-founder and Farm Director, La Semilla Food Center
www.lasemillafoodcenter.org
EVELYN ROSAS, 2010
Austin, TX
ACC Sustainable Agriculture Program and Campus Farm Coordinator
www.continue.austincc.edu/agriculture
MALIN ALEGRIA, 2010
Teacher at Arab International Academy
AILEEN SUZARA, 2011
Berkeley, CA
Youth, community health, traditional foodways
Owner of Sariwa and Filipino Youth Advocates for Justice
DANIEL TRAN, 2011-2012
CA
JONATHAN WU, 2011
CA
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES, 2011
Guatemala City, Guatemala
MATTHEW RAIFORD, 2011
GA
Owner of founder of Gilliard Farms, CASFS Farm to Fork Chef
RACHEL VIGIL, 2011
San Francisco, CA
STEPHANIE LIN, 2011
Los Angeles, CA
Landscape architectural researcher and designer.
stephanieclimbstrees@gmail.com
BRENDA L. QUINTERO, 2012-2013
Los Angeles, CA
Edible/Sustainable Landscape Designer, Artist, Urban Ag. Instructor, activist in environmental stewardship, hand-made crafter, primitive skills, healer and free-spirit!
EMILY FINKEL, 2012
Oakland, CA
Production Manager at Acta Non Verba@Tassafaronga
www.anv2014.wordpress.com
NEIL THAPAR, 2012
San Francisco, CA
ONIKA ABRAHAM, 2012
New York, NY
Director of Farm School NYC
www.farmschoolnyc.org
SUSIE YEO, 2012-2013
VICTORIA GUTIERREZ, 2012
Los Angeles, CA
Urban Gardener, Activist
CRIS IZAGUIRRE, 2013
Brooklyn, NY
Farmer Manager at KCC Urban Farm
cewdkbcc.com/current-programs/kcc-urban-farm/
ILEANA MAR, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Program Director for San Francisco based food justice nonprofit, Urban Sprouts
ileana.herreravasquez@gmail.com
www.urbansprouts.org
JAMES NAKAHARA, 2013
Santa Cruz, CA
Organic Farmer & Surfer.
LAN DIHN, 2013-2014
Philadelphia, PA
Community Activist, Farm & Food Sovereignty Project Director at VietLead
http://vietlead.org/our-team/
LORRIE CLEVENGER, 2013-2014
NY
Farmer/Co-owner at Rise and Root Farm
www.riseandrootfarm.com/
ARMI MACABALLUG, 2014
Jersey City, NJ
Ecological landscape design, food systems, land management
BRUNO NELL, 2014
Santa Cruz, CA
Enrich the Soul + soil. Preserve diverse seed & knowledge. Farm & empowers youth. Spring, summer programs coordinator, Food What?! in Santa Cruz.
www.foodwhat.org/
HETTY CHIN, 2014
Oakland, CA
Holistic health, flora & fauna, natural crafts affiliated with:
Trowbridge Flowers & Vegetable Farm, Trees For Oakland
KATINA CASTILLO, 2014
Ojai, CA
Restorative justice, prison justice, liberation psychology,
Training consultant, Equitable Food Initiative
XAMUEL LARA, 2014
Los Angeles/Covelo, CA
Farming, seeds, food sovereignty
LEO ORLEANS, 2014-2015
Oakland, CA
Greenhouse management, food justice, youth education
Youth Program Manager, Oakland Sol Farm
KELLEE MATSUSHITA-TSENG, CURRENT STAFF, 2014 Apprentice
Santa Cruz, CA
Apprenticeship Instructor and Farm Garden Assistant Manager, UC Santa Cruz
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS)
kmmatsus@ucsc.edu
https://casfs.ucsc.edu
JAMES HARRIS (JAMIE), 2015
Fresno, CA
MAYA MARIE S., 2015
Brooklyn,NY
Urban Farmer/Food Education Coordinator at KCC Urban Farm
instagram.com/mayamariez
SUNYOUNG YANG, 2015
Trenton, NJ
TINA L. SINGLETON, 2015
Charleston, SC
Founder, Transformation Table LLC
www.facebook.com/transformationtable/
www.transformationtable.com (By September 28, 2017)
TRAVIS JACKSON, 2015
San Francisco, CA
Urban Agriculture instructor at Mission High School.
EDGAR XOCHITL, 2015-2016
San Francisco, CA
Edible landscaping, artist, urban farmer, greenhouse management, QPOC, Queer Ecology, gravity, disco ball, Flower Bending, epiphytes Decolonial Botany
Social Media: @ecoxicano #Ecoxicano #FlowerBending #DecolonizeYourFlower #GardenCholo
LAURA TURNER-ESSEL, CURRENT STAFF, 2016-present
Santa Cruz, CA
Director of Residential Life and Community, UC Santa Cruz
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
lturnere@ucsc.edu
https://casfs.ucsc.edu
ANDRE D'ANJOU, 2016
Santa Cruz, CA
ANH DOAN, 2016
MD
EMILIA CORDERO, 2016
Raleigh, NC
Farm Worker justice, traditional Oaxacan farming
JAS MICHELLE, 2016
Los Angeles, CA