Samantha Derrick
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CAF awarded Samantha Derrick a grant to help her complete her film project, Paving Plant-Based Pathways: Empowering the Next Generation of Plant-Based Food System Leaders in Latin America. Samantha is the founder and executive director of Plant Futures Initiative, and received her a Master’s degree in Public Health from University of California Berkeley, where she focused on plant-based nutrition and food systems. Samantha lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
Paving Plant-Based Pathways: Empowering the Next Generation of Plant-Based Food System Leaders in Latin America is scheduled to be launched in February 2024 at the Plant Futures Fest in Oakland, California. Below is a photo of the film crew for Paving Plant-Based Pathways.