Session Description: Join Leigh Marwick, an education professional based in New York, as she speaks about her experience leading a food education and gardening initiative. The programme aims to improve knowledge of food, deepen local communities, and develop entrepreneurial experience. Leigh will share insights into the widespread benefits of getting teenagers interested in growing food, running a successful gardening group, and how to facilitate community development.
Bio: Leigh holds an MSc in teaching methods and an MPhil in education theory. She is an alumna of the Teach For America programme, which places top-level graduates into schools based in disadvantaged American neighbourhoods.
, (Educator, New York City Department of Education)