Magaly Santos, Food Systems Educator Roy Cloud Elementary School
Magaly Santos is a second-year Master’s student at the University of San Francisco studying Environmental Management. Magaly’s love and enthusiasm for food systems stems from their home community in the Salinas Valley and her farmworker background. Through advocacy and education, Magaly hopes to contribute to our communities and make food systems more sustainable and equitable for all!
Sonia Hernandez, Food Systems Educator Redwood High School Roosevelt Elementary School
Sonia Hernandez is passionate about sustainable agriculture, food access and community development. She earned her Bachelors of Science in International Agricultural Development from the University of California, Davis. Sonia has experience working with farms, students and communities to promote sustainable food systems and environmental education.
Through Sonia’s work with Edible Schoolyard Stockton and the California Climate Action Corps, She helps teach students about gardening, farming, healthy food and the importance of caring for the environment. Sonia is passionate about empowering young people and communities through hands-on learning and creating greater access to fresh, healthy food.
Zoe Yee, Food Systems Educator Belle Air Elementary Buri Buri Elementary
Zoe is a Food Systems Educator with deep passions for building more sustainable and equitable food and textile systems. As a recent graduate in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics from UCLA, Zoe believes that scientific innovation at the most micro level can lead to macro transformations that promote public health, community well-being, and preservation of our natural world. Zoe recognizes that the success of work in sustainable systems rides on pioneering accessible ways to inform the public and empowering youth to think critically about their place in the world. As such, Zoe dedicated her time, energy, and knowledge to advancements in sustainable systems at UCLA as a research assistant in the Rowat Cultivated Meat Lab and as the former President of UCLA’s premier sustainable fashion organization, Unravel. Her unique roles in each space provided students and LA locals an opportunity to engage with sustainability work that impacts everyone. As a San Francisco native, Zoe hopes to bring creativity and ambition from years of environmental research and advocacy to imagine a more equitable world within her local community.
Carlin Corea, Food Systems Educator Allen Elementary
Carlin Corea was introduced to food justice working at College of San Mateo’s SparkPoint Free Grocery Center, and has been joyfully engaging in the food community ever since. They have worked in basic needs centers like UCSC’s Redwood Free Market supporting the pantry and advising CalFresh applications, at nonprofit and educational farms in crop production and harvest for programming and school lunches, and in field trip, farm camp, and culinary learning settings! Carlin is a recent UCSC grad, of the Community Studies program, where they studied social change through food work, got to be a peer mentor for the cohort a year behind them, and participated as a USDA FANH scholar! In addition to starting with Each Green Corner this school year, Carlin stewards a Life Lab garden at Gateway School in Santa Cruz.
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