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Describe your role.

“My role at Northside Food Co-op as the Strategic Partnership Coordinator is to build and foster relationships with our community members and other local organizations and businesses to help support and share resources for our community.”

What are some of the impacts you’ve made locally?

“Some of the impacts I made here locally are facilitating the startup of The Urban Oasis Community Garden at Maides Park as well as facilitating the Northside Community Dinners that bring together and average of 150 community members each dinner.”

What inspires you to help others?

N“Knowing that it doesn’t start or end with me. Sometimes, I’m the helper, and other times I’m receiving the help. To be in community with others in which we all help each other is incredibly inspiring.”

What’s a future goal?