Originally from Long Beach, California, Rosana graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013 with degrees in anthropology and Latin American literature. Through the University of California Washington Center, she interned at Farmworker Justice, a national advocacy organization for farmworkers. At Farmworker Justice she developed curricula for pesticide safety trainings and created outreach materials for the Occupational Health division. Rosana was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow and has completed research programs on Latin American topics at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and in Zacatecas, Mexico through the UC Education Abroad Program.
Field placement: La Casa Norte
Chicago, Illinois
Policy placement: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.