Gia Jones is a rising third year at the University of California, Berkley studying Society and Environment with a concentration of Justice and Sustainability while also minoring in Food Systems and African-American Studies. Outside of academics, she works with local organizations feeding and improving the lives of marginalized people suffering from systemic houselessness. With food equity and security being her passion, she will be leading a course through the Basic Needs Center in the Center of Educational Equity and Excellence on campus along with being a Tutor for incarcerated folx through Teach In Prisons in the fall. At the Haas Institute she will be working with the Global Justice Program on the Shahidi project and US Food policy to demystify the power structures and capacities of transnational food and agricultural corporations.
