Outreach & Engagement Intern, Summer time 2024
e-mail: outreach[at]ofrf.org
Tamara Masoud (she/her/hers) joins the OFRF crew because the 2024 Outreach & Engagement Intern. With a BA within the Historical past of Public Coverage and Legislation on the College of California, Santa Barbara, she makes use of these analysis abilities in her advocacy for meals sustainability. She is obsessed with guaranteeing meals safety and her devotion has been obvious in her previous experiences. At UCSB she labored as a Resident Assistant for the Housing and Residential Companies and hosted over 20 packages that targeted on empowering communities and meals sustainability. Notable packages equivalent to Cookies & Calfresh, Inexperienced Wave Competition, and Farm Ahead educated communities about meals sustainability, SNAC assets, EBT {qualifications}, and farming methods. Moreover, her expertise as a CalFresh Advocate and Peer Mentor on the UCSB Fundamental Wants and SNAC Heart skilled her on governmental assets concerning meals and monetary assist. Via her earlier positions, she has collaborated with native farmers and assisted over 600 members with EBT to permit higher entry to meals assets and natural produce. Her dedication to creating natural produce extra accessible to disenfranchised communities drives her work and he or she hopes to proceed to discover and community throughout the natural business.
