Awardee
Amount
$70,000
Project
Salsa De La Vida
Description
KCD-SCP funding in 2022 will grow and expand the existing Promotora led Salsa De La Vida project at Marra Farm in South Park. The project has secured an additional quarter acre farm plot at Marra Farm and will work in 2022 and 2023 to improve the growing conditions and soil at the additional plot for increased production, and reestablish connections to local youth and families for learning opportunities at the farm following COVID shutdowns in 2021.
Senior Program Manager, Member Jurisdiction Partnerships
425-773-9065
Jessica has managed the Member Jurisdiction and WRIA Grant Programs at KCD since March 2007. Jessica has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies and Spanish and graduate level education in the fields of Public Administration, Urban Planning, and Facilitation and Negotiation. She is an experienced program manager responsible for tracking millions of dollars in grant funding with a successful track record of liaising with local governments, nonprofits, and watershed groups on natural resource conservation issues.