Amaliya graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon with a degree in International Affairs and a senior thesis titled The Agreement on Agriculture: Food Security in Developing Countries. As a 2002-2003 AmeriCorps* VISTA volunteer working with Just Food of New York City she helped organize a Community Supported Agriculture program creating linkages between rural and urban areas and increasing access to affordable, fresh vegetables in low-income urban communities. Amaliya also served on the Planning Committee of the Brooklyn Agriculture Entrepreneurship Group.
Field placement: End Hunger Connecticut!
Hartford, Connecticut
Policy placement: RESULTS
Washington, D.C.