Emily Chiara

M.S. Candidate
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Contact: echiara@umass.edu

I am a Western MA native and excited to return to the area after living, studying, and farming in Arkansas, North Carolina, India and Guatemala over the past 9 years. I received my bachelor's degree in Global Studies from Warren Wilson College in 2012 and have worked as an elementary school garden educator in NC as an Americorps volunteer and in Western MA through School Sprouts Educational Gardens. I am interested in using food and garden spaces as catalysts for community development, social justice, and cultural preservation and look forward to working with likeminded students and faculty through the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems concentration.