CalFresh: The Most Vital Anti-Hunger Intervention in San Diego County

Rosa grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a self-designed interdisciplinary degree in Food Systems Policy. As an undergraduate, Rosa served as an Americorps volunteer at the International Rescue Committee, where she worked to increase food access for refugee communities in Baltimore City. She interned for Baltimarket, a community-based food justice program through the Baltimore City Health Department, which prompted her to conduct independent research on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Baltimore City. While studying abroad in Oslo, Norway, she fused her commitment to public service with her passion for writing, publishing several articles on food issues in a national Norwegian newspaper and spending the summer writing for the Oslo-based climate change social enterprise, cCHANGE.