Betsy hails from Oklahoma and spent her childhood summers selling produce at farmers markets and devouring her mom’s homemade plum jam, made with plums her family gleaned from trees on country roads. She ventured to Boston for college, where she studied Sociology and Global Health and Health Policy and mentored Boston youth outside the classroom. After graduation and one too many April snowstorms, she moved to Los Angeles to direct Better Angels, a nonprofit supporting low-income L.A. high school students through the college admissions and transition process. Her students, who often battled hunger and poverty, confirmed her desire to work toward a better local food system for communities in need. Betsy began volunteering at an urban farm in her neighborhood and eventually found Food Forward. When she’s not supervising Food Forward’s stellar volunteers, you can find her hiking, road tripping with a good playlist, and being a good auntie to the many dogs in her life.