Bio
Jan Perez is a Food Systems Research & Education Specialist at the University of California-Santa Cruz, Center for Agroecology (CfA). The majority of her work focuses on program evaluation, as well as applied and academic research, to support education programs aiming to create sustainable food systems. She has conducted program evaluation for 22 years and developed local, regional and national evaluation efforts focusing on undergraduate agricultural education, beginning farmer education, farmer extension, farm-to-school, farm-to-college, and mental health treatment environments.