TAYLOR HOCHWARTH
Summary
Dedicated dreamer, student, and co-creator of more equitable, intentional, and beautiful spaces with strong communities where everyone's needs are met. The method in my work is to look for creative ways to expand the boundaries that keep us stuck in harmful practices, starting with my own.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Equitable Food Systems Designer
Local Food, AmeriCorps VISTA, Blue, Ridge Women in Agriculture
Boone, NC
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Identified gaps in programming, and built projects such as a community listening interview project for food sovereignty, to move from a food access attempt towards a food sovereignty aspiration
- Organized the "Local Food as Community Resilience" 4-part event series by collaborating with community leaders, coordinating logistics, and facilitating the events
- Initiated racial equity efforts within the organization by facilitating discussions, researching, developing tracking and accountability systems, and advocating for more radical and impactful work like land transitions and reparations
- Operated farmers' markets by entering market data in Google Sheets, marketing, hosting special events, surveying farmers and customers, and amending policies
- Upgraded the Double Up Food Bucks program by building efficiencies, community outreach, co-creating surveys and research studies, and fundraising
Line Cook/Prep Cook/Expo/Dishwasher/Back
Proper
Boone, NC
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Prepared, cooked, plated, and served high-quality homemade food
- Communicated with coworkers and customers, and problem solved as needed
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Gender, Womens, And Sexuality Studies
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC12.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Sustainable Development
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC12.2019
Skills
- Community & Relationship Building
- Intersectional/Equitable Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Collaboration & Teamwork
- Project Management
- Creativity
Accomplishments
TRANSformation Project November 2020- Present
- Co-facilitated a 5-week workshop on transgender and nonbinary literacy
Queer Farmers Event December 2021
- Organized Boone's Winter Farmers' Market's first Queer Farmers Day with a queering farming activity, queer farmer trivia, the Southern Queer Zine, and a trans guest vendor
STAY Project Summer Institute July 2021
- Attended a full-day radical leadership training for Queer and BIPOC Youth in Appalachia
SEWSA Conferences March 2018 & 2019
- Presented "Contaminating 'Natural' Boundaries, a decolonial analysis on humans, nature, and waste"
- Presented "Bodies & Borders: A Queer-Feminist Engagement" on the instability of bodily and geographic borders and the implications of this for environmental justice, trans politics, and border politics
Sustained Dialogue 2019
- Moderated a bi-weekly dialogue circle about gender and race
Timeline
Equitable Food Systems Designer
Local Food, AmeriCorps VISTA, Blue, Ridge Women in Agriculture
02.2021 - 02.2022
Line Cook/Prep Cook/Expo/Dishwasher/Back
Proper
07.2018 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Gender, Womens, And Sexuality Studies
Appalachian State University
Bachelor of Arts - Sustainable Development
Appalachian State University
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