Isaias Vasquez is a queer DREAMer whose organizing roots originate in the LGBTQ immigrant rights movement. A migrant from Zacatecas Mexico, born to a family of farmers Isaias believes in returning to his farming roots and increasing access to fresh foods. Currently a political science student at Metro State University of Denver and Healthy Communities Fellow at The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing hosted at Padres & Jóvenes Unidos in Denver Colorado.

Jennifer Maldonado was born and raised in East Los Angeles. Jennifer was involved with InnerCity Struggle's youth component, United Students, the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program, and Latinas Unidas at Woodrow Wilson High School. During college she continued fighting for educational justice with the Moviemiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A) organization. After graduating from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor's in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Education Studies, she returned to East Los Angeles to organize with her community for quality education and healthy lifestyles.

Chika Kondo is the youth food justice organizer for Kids Rethink New Orleans and the VEGGI Farmer's Cooperative. She has helped launch their pilot food justice collective- a multi-racial, multi-lingual youth cohort dedicated to studying their history, food sovereignty, and cooperative economics and applying their knowledge into managing farm plots, marketing, distribution and sales of culturally reflective food they grow.

Nick graduated college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American Studies in 2007. This was a politicizing experience and was the beginning of a life trajectory committed to social justice. He has been a Social Justice Educator for the last several years, mainly in the museum setting. He has developed and facilitated curriculum-based programs for Philadelphia-area schools. In 2016 he became the City Wide Organizer for Youth United for Change as a Healthy Communities Fellow of FCYO. In his non-professional work he has been engaged in movements around anti-racism, mass incarceration, education justice, and health justice among other systems of oppression.

Stefany Olivas grew up in the small agricultural Town of Bernalillo, just North of Albuquerque New Mexico. She always had interests in nature, gardening and cooking. Not until majoring in Biology at the local community college and beginning to work in community gardens did she realize a way to combine her passions. Working with the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) and Project Feed the Hood, she continues to build her understanding of how to process and consume food and create growing spaces to uplift the local environment and community health.

Sandra Garcia has been the Youth Coordinator at Southwest Worker's Union since 2007. She currently works closely with students on Health for Every Barrio campaign. This campaign aims to eliminate food deserts around communities of color and to ensure that healthier options are available in the San Antonio Independent School District.

Jamal Jones is a 22-year-old student organizer of the Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP). He has worked with the BAP for six years holding a number of positions and participating in a wide range of Algebra Project campaigns. Jamal currently attends Morgan State University, located in Baltimore City, as a Philosophy major minoring in psychology.