Heather Axford

Heather is a 2003 graduate of Vassar College with a major in History, and spent a semester studying at the Instituto Cultural in Oaxaca, Mexico. She served on the Executive Committee of Vassar College Hunger Action for three years, spent two summers working with the Poughkeepsie Farm Project and the Eleanor Roosevelt Center Community Programs through the Vassar Community Fellows Program, and served as Vassar’s Hunger and Homelessness Community Action Coordinator.

Field placement: Florida Impact

Tallahassee, Florida

Policy placement: Food Research & Action Center

Washington, D.C.