Post by Darleen Martinez

Last week was Samantha Derrick birthday and using this as a perfect excuse to share how her and I met, one night, many years ago in the dorms at UC Berkeley. It started with a knock on my door. What followed was years of conversations over dinners that taught me things about my own culture I had never thought to question, a friendship that has outlasted every version of who we were becoming, and eventually a shared career built around food systems change. You can read the full story below in the latest edition of my newsletter! Feliz cumpleaños Sam<3 #newsletter #education #systemschange