Cristina Sandolo

Cristina Sandolo (she/her) leads Farm Aid's grantmaking initiatives that support frontline organizations, provide relief to farmers in crisis, and amplify the voices of farmers to create systems change. Cristina has worked in food justice and community food systems since 2008, proving concepts for early farmers market prescription programs and stewarding learning communities and partners networks towards scalable program development. As a former Executive Director of Green Village Initiative, Interim E.D. of Real Food Challenge, and Co-founder of the Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative, Cristina has led organizations through critical phases of growth and development. Since earning a Master's degree in Ocean Food Systems, Cristina has advanced socially responsible aquaculture and fisheries projects. Through her research, she established recommendations for racially equitable aquaculture industry development in the Mid-Atlantic. She serves on the Core Team of the Atlas for Values Based Aquaculture and on the board of Earth Ocean Food Systems.