Business
Peace Through Commerce
In September 2023, I rage-launched Los Compas Coffee, a coffee roasting social enterprise that teaches opportunity youth about the liberatory power of small business entrepreneurship.
Food
Community
The Fruits of Flipping Bitches
One sunny day in December 2022, I was barreling down the main road that runs through my neighborhood and zipped by a fellow smoking a cigar outside of his garage in a thoroughly 1990s windbreaker. A glint caught my eye.
Food
A Trip to a Warehouse ☕️
Being in the Klatch Coffee warehouse and training center was more than a learning experience. It was a throwback to growing up in a food warehouse and what my father built.
Work
A Beautiful Harvest
Each time we speak, it is so obvious to me that people mean a great deal to Louie. He sees farming as an opportunity he can provide to others in their search for purpose, especially youth.
Food
Tending to the Blaze
Trevor Walsh is a fire captain in my hometown. I asked him what firefighters eat while they're out on the job. We caught up on the phone during one of his drives home.
America
Coffee, Gum, and a Brownie on The Hill
Beth Bellizzi was dedicated to her career in politics because she was passionate about supporting the people of her state. But many of her favorite moments of making a difference happened off The Hill.
Food
A Musty School Lunch
Given my background, one would think my work lunch would be a more elaborate affair, But gluing two slices together with dijon was all I felt capable of.
Impact
These Legumes Offer a Leg Up
Women's Bean Project is in two businesses: human services and food manufacturing. "Our goal is to deliver employees to the community who will show up everyday."
Impact
It's a Beautiful Day for Refugees
Beautiful Day is a thriving nonprofit with a mission "to help refugees, especially youth and the most vulnerable, to enter the job market and become welcomed, self-sufficient members of our community."
Impact
Impact is the Spice of Life
Burlap & Barrel's online store boasts products from 14 countries, searchable by name, flavor, and use. Each product profile includes a backstory as rich as its flavor, highlighting master farmers and generations of craft.
Impact
Vintners with a Vision for Impact
From humble beginnings, ONEHOPE has emerged as an award-winning winemaker that pioneered ecommerce, but cause has always been at the heart of ONEHOPE.