Sabrina Cerquera

As Program Manager for Food Systems Equity at Ecotrust, I manage projects dedicated to uplifting Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) farmers and land stewards. Currently, I’m leading a 3-year USDA Farm Service Agency cooperative agreement supporting urban producers as they expand their farming operations and adopt climate-smart practices. We deliver this work through listening sessions, climate adaptation workshops, and a microgrants program awarding beginning farmers.

Previously, I managed the Viviane Barnett Fellowship, a cohort-based fellowship program designed for aspiring, emerging, and experienced BIPOC leaders in Oregon working across sectors to build equitable, climate-resilient food systems. I also designed and facilitated the Restoration Through Storytelling series, elevating ancestral innovation and agricultural wisdom of BIPOC communities through gatherings in East Multnomah County. My passion for food and land justice meets at the intersection of lived experience under food apartheid, a gazillion hospitality jobs, and storytelling.

I’m a first generation Colombian American by way of Miami, Fla. Living with my cat, Salem (named after the Teenage Witch’s), in the Pacific Northwest, I can be found talking with my hands and reacting loudly with my eyebrows over the dinner table.