Jacob is a fourth-year undergraduate at Cornell University studying Environment and Sustainability with a minor in Community Food Systems. Their studies are self-designed with a concentration in Environmental and Food Systems Justice, explored through political, spatial, and social lenses. They possess interdisciplinary training in the food systems sphere, where they have served as an operations coordinator for a student-led grocery store, Anabel’s Grocery, co-conducted a literature review on the informal food economy practices of low to middle-income countries, and served as a summer fellow with several city-level food justice nonprofits. Jacob is particularly interested in advancing transparent and inclusive governance processes that truly represent the needs of communities. They are joining as a Housing and Transportation fellow to examine the policy levers available and the extent to which they address rising concerns of affordability and accessibility in cities. In their free time, they like to find a new TV show or explore new neighborhoods and cafés.
