Presentation by Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Akeisha Latch as part of the briefing “The State of U.S. Hunger 2023” on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Akeisha was part of the 29th Class of Emerson Fellows and was placed with About Fresh in Boston, Massachusetts, from September 2022 to February 2023.
Publication tags: Field Reports, Video - Racial Equity
Akeisha Latch is originally from Jamaica, before emigrating to the States in 2004. She recently graduated from Clark University with a B.A. in English and concentration in comparative race and ethnic Studies. As an undergraduate student Akeisha has also pursued further education in Public Administration under an accelerated degree program at Clark University. In the past two years, Akeisha has interned at Waterbury Bridge to Success as a Community Impact and Marketing Intern and at New Britain OIC as a Summer Youth Employment Coordinator, putting what she has learned in the accelerated program into practice.
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