I am interested in working in the social aspect of Permaculture by exploring current food systems and understanding the impact that locally grown foods have on food security for future generations.

My first community project was in Bocas del Toro, Panama. In 2012  I co-funded the MayaPoint Project  experiential education center was based on Permaculture principles, offering international travelers the experience of growing food in the tropics and learning about community building.

After that, my family and I moved to Jalisco, Mexico. There, we created a second experiential education program, this time focusing on natural building and animal husbandry at Rancho Sol y Mar.

In Tucson as a Farm Education coordinator for the Community Food Bank taught many workshops in Southern AZ and northern Mexico with the COMCAAC tribe.

My Permaculture experience includes participating in PINA Permaculture Teacher training and as a teacher assistant for trainer Jude Hobbs who is my mentor and teaching with the Sonoran Permaculture Guild since 2016

Besides teaching with the Sonoran Permaculture Guild, my current employment is as Borderlands coordinator for the Sierra Club using Permaculture to build community on both sides of the border. I also do private consultation on Permaculture projects in the Sonoran desert region.

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