Charlotte (she/her) was born and raised in Portland, Maine but is now living in New York City to pursue audio storytelling. She graduated from Vassar College with a major in Environmental Studies (with concentrations in Sociology and Physics) and minors in Mathematics and Hispanic Studies. Her love of food was passed on by her family and their Sunday Italian dinners cooked by her grandfather. She hopes that one day she will be entrusted with her grandfather's secret tomato sauce recipe. She has joined HRN to combine her interests in research and storytelling with her deep apprecia...

Sasha (they/them) grew up in Delaware but currently calls Maplewood, New Jersey home. They are a Food Studies major at New York University with minors in Social Public Policy and Politics. Sasha is passionate about Black foodways histories, food sovereignty, and community gardening. At school, you can find Sasha cooking three-course meals in their microwave or carrying multiple Whole Foods bags down Fifth Avenue. They are an avid food writer and journalist, so they are excited to work with HRN to explore the world of food podcasts.   

Clara was raised by a restaurant family in the Hudson Valley surrounded by local agriculture and a community which valued home cooking.  She graduated with a B.A. in International Affairs with a minor in Media and Film Studies from Skidmore college. Clara’s senior thesis titled “You Think What You Eat: The Role of Cuisine in Cultural Construction” utilized a digital ethnography and menu comparative analysis to examine the semiotics of cuisine in the United States. Her career journey brought her to Burlington, Vermont, another community with strong ties to farming and food. In Burl...

Liv Kunins-Berkowitz (they/she) is a cheesemonger, organizer, and writer based in San Francisco (Ramaytush Ohlone land). They grew up in New York City where they developed a passion for food as they followed their dad to markets all around the city. They have spent the last several years working in cheese shops and apprenticing on organic farms, experiences that taught them to value the embodied labor and craftsmanship integral to food production. Liv graduated from Bowdoin College where they studied history and wrote a senior thesis titled, “Greening the Market: Natural Groceries...

Kate is from Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in History from Brown University in December 2022. During her undergraduate years, she spent her time writing, editing, and podcasting for various publications and media outlets, both on campus and around New England. She spent her final semester abroad in Bologna, Italy, where she fell in love with both the Italian language and Italian food culture. Kate is excited to combine her passions for audio and food journalism during her internship. She hopes to explore themes of access, sustainability, and food justice in her work fo...

Katie grew up on a small farm in the Green Mountains of Vermont and received her B.A. in Neuroscience from Middlebury College. As a young professional in the food system, Katie has held a variety of jobs, ranging from coordinating a county-wide gleaning program to apprenticing at a nonprofit organic vegetable farm to making chocolate at a single origin bean-to-bar chocolate company. Before going back to school to get her M.A. in Food Studies at Chatham University, she conducted research in China on organic agriculture through a Fulbright grant. After returning to the U.S., Katie c...

Rana’s love for food came naturally growing up in a Persian-American household, with parents who are always eager to travel and explore different flavors through cooking and new restaurants. As her love for food developed, so did her curiosity about people and she became fascinated with food as a lens into culture and as a tool to understand the geopolitical history of a place. While studying at ASU, she explored this in her honors thesis titled, “Food as a Vehicle to Break Down Barriers”. Now in San Francisco, Rana has leaned in to her love for bringing people together over food,...

Nora grew up in New Jersey and spent the last four years in Vermont, studying at Middlebury College. She graduated last spring with a degree in history and public health. Later this year, Nora will depart on an international research fellowship to study soup kitchens and communal dining. She’s excited to be working with the HRN team.