Frances A. Pérez-Rodríguez was born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York City, and stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of the world. She is deeply inspired by the reality of maintaining a healthy relationship with the planet and with one another through connecting with and freeing the land.
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A Farm School NYC graduate, Frances prides herself on being the Rise & Root Farm market manager and a member of La Finca Del Sur Community Farm where she grows produce and herbs (both for herself and the South Bronx Farmers Market), and assists with programming centered around urban agriculture, food sovereignty, and healing through herbalism and other culturally-relevant methods.
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Frances also co-facilitates NYC Summer Youth Employment Program cohorts at LFDS, empowering Bronx youth through community gardening, a vessel to introduce food justice, movement histories, and social justice issues with the intentions of activating their potential as loving, critical, and purposeful community members.
Frances is a daughter, a youth leader, a community organizer, and above all, seeker of truths.
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