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Full Alphabetical listing:
Daniel Lau
Field Placement: New Mexico Community Foundation (Albuquerque, NM)
Daniel worked to increase Albuquerque Public School (APS) students’ participation in the National School Lunch Program. He analyzed data from the census and geographic information systems to identify who was eligible but not participating in the program. Daniel also provided research and support to the APS Growing Gardens Team in the creation of their “Growing the Outdoor Classroom” report.
Hunger Free Community Report: Hungry Souls, Richly Nourished provides policy and programmatic recommendations to increase student access, enrollment, and participation in the National School Lunch Program in Albuquerque within the confines of school district budgets.
Policy Placement: Feeding America (Washington, D.C.)
Daniel is facilitating Feeding America’s “Champions” Program, an advocacy campaign with the goal of cultivating a nation-wide movement to end hunger. Daniel is also developing a database that will allow Feeding America to document the differences among state implementations of the Summer Food Service Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Education and Experience: Daniel is from San Diego and graduated in 2007 from the University of California San Diego with a degree in human biology and a minor in music. He earned a Masters in Public Health from Boston University in 2009. He has served as a facilitator and peer educator at the Cross-Cultural Center and managed an HIV/AIDS awareness photography project with Massachusetts Asian & Pacific-Islanders for Health. He also worked for the Food Project mentoring high school students on a local, sustainable farm.
Megan Mills-Novoa
Field Placement: New Mexico Community Foundation (Albuquerque, NM)
Megan worked with middle school students to organize around issues of nutrition, wellness and hunger within their schools. She facilitated a youth photo project that explores how food informs students’ cultural identity and promotes cross-cultural understanding among students, parents, and teachers of different ethnic backgrounds. In collaboration with the Albuquerque Public Schools Health Advisory Council, she also conducted a study of the strategies and challenges facing the member councils across the district as they work to increase student and staff wellness.
Hunger Free Community Report: Harnessing Youth Voice In The Fight Against Hunger: The Role Of Youth In Evaluating Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs Within Albuquerque Public Schools provides an overview of Albuquerque Public School students’ views on school meals and the pervasive problem of hunger in their community. The report also discusses the importance of incorporating youth feedback in the evaluation of school nutrition programs.
Policy Placement: National Family Farm Coalition (Washington, D.C.)
Megan is developing a national farm mentorship toolkit that integrates existing mentorship networks with new alliances to preserve and strengthen the role of family farms in the U.S. food system. She is developing resources for interested farmers, including a compilation of best practices and potential challenges based on interviews with administrators of existing farm mentoring programs, and an annotated list of mentoring programs by state.
Education and Experience: A native Minnesotan, Megan graduated with honors and phi beta kappa from Lewis & Clark College in 2009 with a degree in environmental studies and conservation biology. Megan created and led a youth garden education program at a public housing development, worked as a Global Engagement Coordinator, and co-led new student trips focused on sustainable food systems and service. She has also studied and conducted research in Cuba, Turkey, Greece, and New Zealand, and completed an honors thesis on agricultural adaptation to climate change.
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