Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui is from Ecuador and works twofold as an academic and practitioner. She holds a M.A. and a M.S., and is a Ph.D. Student in the Food Systems Program at the University of Vermont (UVM), USA. For her dissertation, Amaya is studying collective action in the context of agroecological transition. She has worked with NGOs, grassroots, governments, and academia at the intersection of agroecology, climate change, and food justice. Amaya is part of UVM’s Agroecology Support Team to enhance Agroecology in the Andes and Africa. She is also the Operations Director of the Caliata Initiative, which aims to reimagine the rural sector in the Andes. For her work with NGOs in the U.S. and research in Ecuador, Amaya received the Woman Food Agriculture Network’s 2021 Recognition Award as an Extraordinary Community Builder in Farm and Food Justice.
Caliata Initiative: https://caliatainitiative.org/
Caliata Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caliatainitiative/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
Carol Hernández
Carol Hernandez holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Portland State University, U.S., and is a professor/researcher at the University Program of Bioethics, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her areas of interest focus on agriculture and climate change, seed sovereignty, and indigenous social movements.