THE TEAM
Maria Moreira, Interim Executive Director
Maria Moreira stepped in as the Interim Executive Director of World Farmers following the departure of Henrietta Isaboke. As Board Chair and co-founder of World Farmers, Maria will lead the organization during the transition, and search for Executive Director.
Jessy Gill, Program and Policy Director
Jessy is responsible for program management and development, coordinating organizational and strategic partnerships, and any advocacy efforts. Jessy works closely with the farmers at Flats Mentor Farm to develop and refine all programs and services to fit individual needs, ensuring each Flats Mentor farmer is fully supported in their farming goals. Prior to joining World Farmers Jessy worked with a local NGO in the Marsabit region of Kenya, lived and worked on a farm in the Green Mountains, and worked in community outreach and led federal, state, and local policy efforts for the Community Food and Justice Coalition in Oakland, CA.
Amie Avila, Finance and HR Director
Amie Avila has been a vital part of the World Farmers team for 4 years, bringing her expertise and dedication to the organization. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University. Prior to joining World Farmers, Amie founded and successfully operated her own non-emergency medical transportation company for 18 years. Amie's favorite aspect of working with World Farmers is the opportunity to interact with farmers and assist them in developing business plans, helping them experience the rewards of owning and operating their own businesses. Her passion for empowering others and supporting sustainable agriculture is evident in her daily work. Outside of her professional role, Amie cherishes spending time with her husband, Charles, and their two daughters, Aaliyah and Mariah. They love going on new adventures together, creating lasting memories through exploration and shared experiences.
Kurt Schuffels, Land and Conservation Manager
Kurt joins the World Farmers team, he first started out as a Merchant Marine for 18yrs travelling the world on ships, after leaving the Merchant Marines he began farming in Lancaster, Massachusetts [where he grew up] as a beginning farmer rehabilitating 200 acres of farmland over the course of 11yrs that had been neglected since the late 1980's and making it a fully functional hay operation producing quality blends of grasses for equine/cattle consumption. After some life changes he began working as an agricultural salesman at a local equipment dealer for 9yrs selling all types of agricultural equipment throughout Ma. and NH.to all the local farms, building lasting and trusting relationships with the farmers of our local communities.
Kara Olson, Program Manager
Kara Olson is an experienced program manager with a strong background in community engagement, strategic development, and grant management. Growing up in a rural community in Kansas, Kara developed a deep appreciation for agriculture and community resilience. With over eight years in leadership roles across various settings, she excels in program management, logistics, and financial oversight. Prior to her current position, Kara managed grant funded housing programs for veterans. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Kara is a proud Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan, where she gained valuable skills in teamwork and leadership that continue to inform her work today. She is passionate about empowering communities and enhancing operational efficiency to support sustainable development initiatives.
Morgan Healey, Design Coordinator
Morgan has double major in computer graphic design and web design. While getting her degree, she designed and developed a brochure for the Ethnic Crops program with UMass Amherst’s Agriculture Department. Prior to joining World Farmers, Morgan was employed for 5 years at the Holden Landmark Corporation, later expanding as Worcester Magazine’s Graphic Online Designer. Morgan also has experience as a freelance designer. Additional expertise includes developing campaign materials for local city councilor, logo design and company branding for CrossFIT EXP and volunteering her time at a local school to raise money for a local animal shelter. At World Farmers, the materials she produces focus on small business marketing, branding, and identity design.
Audra Gross, Administrative Assistant
Audra has lived in many different states, but has called Massachusetts home for a little over ten years. She is very involved in her church and has participated in four mission trips to build houses and churches in the communities in Haiti, Dominica, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. Audra has a deep love for nature, hiking, and photography. She also enjoys getting lost in a good book. Audra grew up working with family and is happy to bring her skills and talents to join the mission of the World Farmers community as an Administrative Assistant.
Maressa Nascimento, CSA Coordinator
Maressa is from Brazil and comes from a family that farms in Brazil. Although she moved here very young, she fully appreciates all the hard work from all farmers and will make sure that our farmers get all the assistance they need to succeed. She has been with us for the past two years part-time working on a portion of our CSA program but now joins us full-time to oversee our CSA program. Maressa previously worked in retail and has over 10 years of experience with customer service.
Rael (Rachael) Onyiego, Farm Outreach Coordinator
Rael Onyiego originally from Kenya, born and raised in Kenya from a farming community as Omogusii, relocated to USA in search for a better opportunities, joined World Farmers in 2011 and resumed her passion for farming, her rich background in agriculture both in Kenya and U.S.A, fuels her dedication to improving farming farming practices and supporting her community. Currently working as a Farmer outreach coordinator, serving as a primary point of contact for farmers.In this role she plays a crucial part in supporting farmers access vital resources and fostering collaboration within the farming community, she coordinates workshops, training sessions, and field days designed to enhance farmers skills and sustainable farming practices, market access and other essential aspects of farming.she has a strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build trust and rapport with diverse population. She enjoys spending quality time with her family and close friends.
Itayi Nyarota, Delivery Specialist
OUR BOARD
Maria Moreira, Board President
Maria has been mentoring beginning farmers since 1984. She has created several businesses, her first at age 23. She is a former dairy farmer who developed and operated a value added cheese making business to sustain her family’s dairy operation during its twenty-five year existence. She directed the marketing for the Ethnic Crops Program and the Beginning Farmer program at UMass Amherst from 2002 to 2012, and was instrumental in accessing USDA’s “Know Your Farmer Know Your Food” high tunnel pilot program for socially disadvantaged farmers in Massachusetts. Maria served as FSA County Committee Advisor for nine years, has been a member of the USDA Beginning Farmer & Rancher Advisory Committee, a Board Member of National Immigrant Farming Initiative, a 4-H Sponsor, and a member of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau since 1985. Currently, Maria is acting Executive Director of World Farmers, a Board Member of Rural Coalition, a Board Member of the Worcester Regional Food Hub, and a Steering Committee member for the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative. Maria has worked with local farmers to access new ethnic markets resulting in over five million dollars of ethnic produce sold over the past 12 years. Maria works tirelessly to prioritize and uplift the voice of the farmer.
Georgia S. Good - Board Member of World Farmers and Executive Director of the Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund (RAF)- Vice President
Ms. Georgia Good has assisted low-income rural South Carolina communities for over forty years. Born and raised on a farm, she would leave school every year from August to November to plant and pick cotton. In 1970, Ms. Good helped found the now Family Health Center; she also organized the Orangeburg County Consumer Health Council for poor families. Through RAF, and as Vice President of the Board for the DC-based Rural Coalition, Ms. Good assisted in passing a key program, called 2501, for small farm groups in the 1990 Farm Bill. She also worked to secure more than 30 sections of policy in the 2008 Farm Bill. Ms. Good promoted the settlement of the Pigford Claims, under which thousands of African-American farmers received settlements for being closed out of USDA programs for many years. In 2012, Ms. Good was selected by President Obama to participate in the White House Policy and Action Leadership Conference, and she has also served on committees under President Jimmy Carter addressing migrants and seasonal farm workers. Ms. Good received her education from Claflin University, UC Berkley, New York Training Institute, New York City College, and the MIT Fellowship. Ms. Good is a life member of the NAACP, attends Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Orangeburg and is a proud mother and grandmother. She resides in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
John Peter Pacheco Jr. - Board Member of World Farmers and VP - Business and Branch Manager for Fidelity Co-Operative Bank - Treasurer
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, John is a Massachusetts’ native and resides in Lancaster. During the day, John is Vice President for Fidelity Bank, a Community-based bank rooted in North Central Massachusetts; he has been with the organization since January 2018. John has worked in the financial sector his entire adult life. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a dual degree in Biology and Criminal Justice, John grew up running a family business and naturally developed a sense of community where he resides in North Worcester County. He is heavily involved in the community through the Montachusett Area Rotary Club and volunteers at Mansfield High School teaching students in the color guard program. John has been teaching students since he was in college and continues to work and volunteer in the community where he lives.
Ruby Vargas - Board Member of World Farmers and VP - VP Branch & Business Development Manager for Fidelity Co-Operative Bank - Assistant Treasurer
Ruby Vargas is originally from Colombia and has been in the U.S. for 32 years. She lives in Leominster and began her career in banking in 1997, making her own way in the industry by taking management classes and studying for her certification tests in her free time. Ruby has worked in the banking industry for over 20 years where has extensive experience in financial and banking relationships and management. She currently works at Fidelity bank. Ruby is the mother of two boys and the grandmother to two grandchildren. In addition to serving as a board member for World Farmers, she is an active member of Leominster Rotary and the Board Director for the Spanish-American Center. She enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors, and staying active where she is a licensed yoga instructor.
Lorette Picciano - Board Member of World Farmers and Executive Director of the Rural
Coalition - Director
Since 1992, Lorette has led Rural Coalition, a Washington, DC-based alliance of more than 60 culturally diverse community based organizations representing small producers and farmworkers in the US and Mexico. She works with RC’s diverse aBoard and members to promote just and sustainable development in rural areas, particularly in civil rights in agriculture. She is now leading efforts in her 8th Farm Bill Debate where in the past she has coordinated unified efforts to assure equal access to USDA programs for farmers, ranchers, and farmworkers helping to secure more than 35 sections of new Farm Bill Policies. Her education includes a BS in Agriculture and Life Sciences from Cornell University, and an M. Ed. from the University of Hawaii, where she was a participant in the Food Institute of the East-West Center and did fieldwork in the rural Philippines. She has worked on the farm crisis of the late 1980’s, on equity in food and farm policy, and on food security and fair trade issues. She helped secure farm credit borrowers’ rights and programs for historically underserved farmers in the 1987 Agriculture Credit Act and Section 2501 of the 1990 Farm Bill. She has long served on the Steering Committee for the USDA National Small Farmers Conference and also serves on the Boards of Directors of Agriculture Missions, Inc., and the Solidarity Economy Network.
Oliver A. Kia - Board Member of World Farmers, and Farmer- Director
Native to Cameroon, Oliver farms at Flats Mentor Farm between working as an Electrical Engineer and raising three children, ages 6, 9, and 12. He balances work, family, and farming, often taking his children to the farm to assist. Having lived in Cameroon’s countryside with his grandparents, where he developed farming skills, he grows most of the crops at the Flats that he grew there, including bitter leaf, garden huckleberry (Solanum scabrum), amaranth, taioba, tomatoes, pumpkin leaves, kale, okra, peppers, and more. He sells commercially, including through the World Farmers’ CSA and at various community gatherings. Oliver enjoys the cooperation between farmers that exists at the Flats, and he helps others in the farming he knows. He has received valuable information, including pointers on using social media in marketing and sales, encouragement from Maria Moreira, and explanation of farming techniques from Sangiwa Eliamani. He also improves his farming by attending training and technical assistance programs on the Flats. He also noted the biggest difference between farming in New England and farming in Cameroon is the spacing of crops and planting in rows, a practice he now employs, making weeding much easier. Oliver works in Maine, resides in Lowell, and farms at the Flats, enthusiastically bringing his experiences to the workings of the Board of Directors.
Fabiola Nizigiyimana - Board Member of World Farmers - Clerk
Fabiola Nizigiyimana, a White House Champion of Change, is a farmer in her 10th year of operation, running Fab Farms located in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Fabiola was a founding member of the Immigrant Farmer Marketing Cooperative–a USDA-Rural Development project established in 2013 which supports socially disadvantaged farmers. Since coming to the US in 2007, Ms. Nizigiyimana continues to be a leader with the Flats Mentor Farm’s immigrant community and beyond; born in Rwanda, Fabiola identifies as a Burundian refugee who fled to Tanzania from the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Driven to expand the impact of her operation in collaboration with their community, Fabiola has scaled her vegetable production over several acres. In addition to feeding her family, Fab Farms cultivates crops to serve diverse Cultural needs, selling to a wide variety of customers and markets. Fabiola is a great mentor to new and existing farmers at the FMF program. Not only does Fabiola have a passion for growing, she also has passion in educating new farmers with production and how to run successful farming enterprises.
OUR 2023 Seasonal Staff and Interns
World Farmers' Internship program offers paid summer positions to students and young farmers who want to learn more about local agriculture, nonprofits, and ethnic foods. Interns work on Flats Mentor Farm and in the office, assist farmers at markets, and help coordinate our summer CSA program. They bring a strong work ethic, a knack for problem-solving, and an unflagging vitality. Their work has proved invaluable in supporting the organization's staff and farmers.
Grace Jackson, Markets Support Operator
With three years of vegetable growing experience in Central Mass, Gracie is grateful to join the team as the Market Support Operator. After studying Community Development in school (M.A. ‘21), she further appreciated the team-oriented mindset associated with farming. She is excited to join World Farmers and expand her understanding of food access.
Barack Onchiri, Intern
Barack, a student at Leominster High School, was born in Kenya and came to the United States in 2014. Growing up, he was immersed in an agricultural background, as both his parents are dedicated farmers at FMF. His connection to the FMF runs deep, as he fondly recalls spending the majority of his childhood summers assisting his parents in farming. Alongside his academic pursuits, Barack has a strong passion for sports and actively participates in football, wrestling, and basketball for leisure and enjoyment.
Rael Onyiego, Intern
Coming Soon!
OUR 2022 Seasonal Staff and Interns
World Farmers' Internship program offers paid summer positions to students and young farmers who want to learn more about local agriculture, nonprofits, and ethnic foods. Interns work on Flats Mentor Farm and in the office, assist farmers at markets, and help coordinate our summer CSA program. They bring a strong work ethic, a knack for problem-solving, and an unflagging vitality. Their work has proved invaluable in supporting the organization's staff and farmers.
TJ Bryan, Intern
TJ is a rising senior at Dartmouth College where he is majoring in Environmental Science. He was born and raised in the Hudson Valley region of NY. He has a passion for sustainability and it’s application in agriculture. At Dartmouth he works on a research team that studies agroforestry systems and sustainable agriculture practices. He is excited to support the World Famers community and learn about the work that goes on behind the scenes to bring fresh produce to our shelves.
Endy Brevetten, Intern
Endy Brevette is an upcoming junior and an Honors Electronics student at Leominster High School. Born raised in Massachusetts by Haitian immigrated parents. He speaks English and understands Haitian Creole. Endy’s parents are long-term Farmers at the farm too. He has heard about the internship through his parents and wanted to learn more about the business part of the farm. When Endy is out of work and school, He either is touching up on his PC, building keyboards or drawing on his spare time!
OUR 2021 Seasonal Staff and Interns
Nyatichi Nivia Nyabuti, Seasonal Staff
Nyatichi Nivia Nyabuti is originally from Kenya where she grew up helping her parents on their farm. She is 20 years old and a Junior at Salem State University where she is studying Political Science. After graduation, Nivia hopes to pursue her Masters in Public Policy and then work in the government to help combat systemic injustices and disparities in her immigrant community. Her position at World Farmers is helping her learn about non-profit organizations and how best to support local farmers.
Duke Ogeto, Seasonal Staff
Duke Ogeto is a recent graduate of Umass Lowell, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design. He was born in Kenya and moved to the United States in 2007. He speaks Swahili and understands his home village language, Kisii, in addition to English. He is a child to farmers at Flats Mentor Farm. In this position, he has learned the importance of how the farming business plays a crucial role in bringing communities together. Ultimately, it's all about making sure the farmers and customers are happy and satisfied. He enjoys helping with CSA including sourcing or developing the weekly recipes.
Mercyline Muma, Intern
Mercyline Muma is an upcoming Junior at Fitchburg State University planning to study Business Management. She graduated high school this year from Gateway to College program with her associates degree and diploma. She was born in Kenya and migrated to the United States when she was four months old. Her family are farmers at Flats Mentor Farm and Mercy has been helping them farm since a young age. She speaks Swahili and understands Kisii fluently in addition to English. She is adaptive to anything she puts her hand on and loves to try and explore new things, which is why she also took this internship to learn more about markets, business and agriculture.
Thereza Ndayiragije, Intern
Thereza Ndayiragije will be a sophomore at North High School in Worcester Massachusetts in the fall of 2021. Since her freshman year she has been in the Naval Junior ROTC, and is currently teaching herself Korean, Japanese and Spanish, while fluent in English and Kirundi. Thereza is the daughter of a long-term farmer, Fabiola Nizigiyimana, at Flats Mentor Farm. Thereza has grown up working at the farm helping her mother whenever she is needed. She enjoys produce aggregation which is the step by step process of harvesting, washing, and packaging the vegetables for the businesses, schools, and non-profit organizations that order them. Collard greens and bok choi are her favorite to eat, other than cucumbers, tomatoes and spicy peppers. Her personal playlist includes K-Pop, early 2000s hip hop and RnB and gospel with some Kirundi pop thrown in.
Maya Williams, Intern
Maya Williams is a junior at South Lancaster Academy, where she is the incoming Student Association president. Outside of school, Maya enjoys listening to music, weightlifting, and playing multiple musical instruments. Her grandfather, Farmer Al, has been farming for many years and spread his love of farming to Maya. As a young child, she often spent her time in the fields with her grandfather; planting, picking blueberries, and watching the bees. At World Farmers, Maya loves learning more about agriculture and the cultures of the FMF farmers. She also enjoys packing CSA boxes and is grateful for the opportunity to have an internship with World Farmers this summer.
OUR 2020 INTERNS
World Farmers' Internship Program began in 2016 as a partnership with Nashoba Regional High School. In 2019 we broadened our recruitment pool to include farmers' kids from other high schools and colleges in the region. The program offers paid summer positions to students who want to learn more about local agriculture, nonprofits, and ethnic foods. Interns work on Flats Mentor Farm and in the office, assist farmers at markets, and help coordinate our summer CSA program. They bring a strong work ethic, a knack for problem-solving, and an unflagging vitality. Their work has proved invaluable in supporting the organization's staff and farmers.
Grace Fiori, Intern
Grace is a recent graduate of Nashoba Regional High School. She will be attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the fall of 2020, where she plans to study Journalism. Interning at World Farmers has given her the opportunity to learn about sustainable agriculture and the importance of land access within our community. She enjoys assisting with the CSA and Food Box program, introducing community members to cultural crops and bringing it to their dinner table.
Hellen Muma, Intern
Hellen is a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is studying Public Health on a pre-med track with a minor in African American Studies, and a certificate in Swahili. She plans on becoming a medical doctor in hopes to eliminate health disparities among the black community. She is a child to farmers at the flats. Interning at World Farmers, Hellen has learned the importance of land and food access in and around her community. She also enjoys participating in the Food Box Program that helps introduce fresh organic produce to communities in need around the state.
Angele Noel, Intern
Angele is a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is studying political science with hopes of one day becoming an international human rights lawyer. She plans on utilizing her resources to advocate for the unalienable, God given rights for those at home and abroad. She is also a daughter of a Flats Mentor farmer. Interning at world farmers has allowed Angele to understand the intricacies of the food system and the important role that farmers play within this system. She enjoys making positive changes within her community and thus enjoys assisting with the Food Box Program.
Evelyne Mochere, Intern
Evelyne is a graduate of Leominster High School where she is president of the Black Heritage Club and an active member of her school community. She will be attending Worcester State university in the fall under a Public Health Major and Psychology Minor. In her free time she tends to her own garden and helps her family with their own plot. During her internship she enjoys learning about all the work it takes to produce crops and all the management and work that goes into making sure that farmers are satisfied.
OUR 2019 INTERNS
World Farmers' Internship Program began in 2016 as a partnership with Nashoba Regional High School. In 2019 we broadened our recruitment pool to include farmers' kids from other high schools and colleges in the region. The program offers paid summer positions to students who want to learn more about local agriculture, nonprofits, and ethnic foods. Interns work on Flats Mentor Farm and in the office, assist farmers at markets, and help coordinate our summer CSA program. They bring a strong work ethic, a knack for problem-solving, and an unflagging vitality. Their work has proved invaluable in supporting the organization's staff and farmers.
Grace Fiori, Intern
Grace is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School where she is an editor for the school newspaper. Outside of school, Grace likes to write and hike. At World Farmers, she loves having the opportunity to learn about sustainable agriculture and different cultures. Grace enjoys assisting with the CSA program, introducing community members to different ethnic crops and bringing it to their dinner table.
Hellen Muma, Intern
Hellen is a recent graduate from Leominster High School. She will be attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Fall of 2019. She plans to study Public Health on a pre-med track. She is interested in the global health aspect of providing medical care to developing countries. She is a child of farmers at the flats. Interning at world farmers, Hellen loves learning more about the importance of food and land access to the farmers and their families.
Meredith Brummer, Intern
Meredith is a recent graduate of TEC Connections Academy. She is excited to be involved with World Farmers, and to expand her love of farming with an organization that brings together a community of culturally diverse farmers. Meredith enjoys learning about different farmers and crops, and how farming can be made more sustainable and accessible to small farmers. When not on the farm, you may find her cooking, gardening, reading, or spending time with her dogs.
Angela Njuguna, Intern
Angela will be a Junior at Doherty Memorial High School in the Fall, of 2019. Although she was born and raised in the city of Worcester, she has been visiting the Flats Mentor Farm for a couple of years now because her parents are farmers there. She is a track athlete at her High School during the winter and springtime. And this is her first job, working as an intern for the World farmers. She heard about the internship through her parents. She was eager to learn about the different cultures and the ethnic crops they grow that remind them of their home. As well as intrigued by how some of the farmers who have different cultures, languages, and backgrounds are able to put their differences aside and join together to form a warm and welcoming community among each other at the Flats Mentor Farm.
Evelyne Mochere, Intern
My name is Evelyne Mochere. I was a born In Nairobi,Kenya. I am 16 years old. I speak Swahili in addition to English. I moved to the U.S when I was 9, I live in a family of farmers. I am a senior at Leominster high school class of 2020. I aspire to study psychology in college, And study abroad in different countries. I enjoy reading, cooking and spending time with family and friends. I interned at the farm and liked the process of growth the plant had. I enjoy learning about the pest management in the farm.
OUR 2018 INTERNS
Grace Fiori, Intern
Grace is a rising junior at Nashoba Regional High School where she is an editor for the school newspaper. She also volunteers and spends her free time hiking and cooking. At World Farmers, Grace loves having the opportunity to learn about new cultures while expanding her knowledge of sustainable farming. She most enjoys spending time at the Flats and helping sort and pack vegetables for the CSA.
Paul Nyasani, Intern
Paul is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School. He was interested in this internship because his parents farm at the Flats, and he wanted to get an inside view on agriculture beyond the farm, including through the lenses of the CSA, farmers markets, and farm management. He also volunteered for Lancaster and Clinton Clean Up and was captain of the Nashoba JV basketball team. Through this internship, he wants to learn as he helps farmers.
Hannah King, Intern
Hannah is a graduate of Nashoba Regional High School, will attend the University of Vermont in the fall of 2018, majoring in Animal Science in the large animal Pre-Vet track. At World Farmers, she hopes to learn more about different cultures and to gain valuable experience in farm practice. When Hannah is not at the office or on the Flats, she enjoys volunteering for the Bolton Fair and spending time with her dog. Hannah enjoys spending time on the farm and assisting with the CSA.
Max Mitchell, Intern
Max will be a senior at Nashoba Regional High School in Fall, 2018, and he lives in the town of Bolton. At World Farmers, he looks forward to learning more about sustainable agriculture, foreign crops, and different cultures. He is the captain of Nashoba’s nordic ski team and the treasurer of Nashoba’s Tri-M Music Honor Society. In his free time, he enjoys acting, playing tennis, and performing with his jazz band.
Anna Cressman, Intern
Anna is a Stow resident and recent graduate of Nashoba Regional High School, will attend Wheaton College in Illinois. She is planning to major in economics focusing on economic development. While at Wheaton, she will throw for the track team and especially looks forward to throwing hammer. She hopes to learn more about ethnic farming and other cultures this summer. When not working, she loves to spend time with family. Anna looks forward to being at the farm every day.
OUR 2017 INTERNS
Krista Flinkstrom, Intern
Krista is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School. I look forward to learning more about international crops, local food, and small farming. I am passionate about cooking, baking, and foreign languages. My future dreams include working for Samaritan's Purse and Doctors without Borders as a trauma surgeon. In school, I volunteer as an EMT Crew Chief.
Paul Theriault, Intern
Paul is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School. He is a returning intern with World Farmers who hopes to take away valuable life lessons from this experience that can be used later in life. Last summer, Paul helped create a series of videos that were meant to help increase awareness about this wonderful organization. This summer, Paul will be assisting with the marketing and wholesale needs of the organization. When Paul is not in the office or on the Flats, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends. In school, Paul is the Producer of Nashoba’s News Station, the President of DECA, the Treasurer of National Honors Society and a Student Ambassador. Paul looks forward to spending his summer with this gratifying experience and meeting a lot of great farmers out on the Flats!
Hannah King, Intern
Hannah is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School who lives in the town of Bolton. Through this summer internship Hannah hopes to learn more about different cultures, while also gaining valuable experience in farm practice. In school, Hannah is Political Awareness Club’s Vice President, a 4-H Junior Leader, and a Relay for Life Team Captain. Hannah looks forward to spending time on the farm learning about small farming.
Nathaniel French, Intern
Nathaniel is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School who lives in the town of Stow. He hopes to be more involved in the local community and learn more about different cultures. He plays basketball at the high school, has a passion for fishing, and is a local 4-H member, and 4-H ambassador. Nathaniel is looking forward to interacting with the farmers and a summer full of memories.
OUR 2016 INTERNS
Julia Wachtel, Intern
Julia is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton Massachusetts. She is hoping to bring awareness to this rewarding organization through marketing and community outreach videos. During the school year Julia teaches a video club at the Center School and loves participating in all theater productions with the high school. She is looking forward to spending time with her friends and family in this last year before college.
Paul Theriault, Intern
Paul is a rising junior at Nashoba Regional High School. He hopes to take away valuable life lessons from this experience that can be used later in life. One of Paul’s major assignments this summer is to help create marketing and community outreach videos that can bring awareness to this wonderful organization. When Paul is not in the office or on the Flats, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends. In school, Paul is the Producer of Nashoba’s News Station. Paul looks forward to spending his summer with this gratifying experience and meeting a lot of great farmers out on the Flats!
Ihsan Mulyono, Intern
Ihsan is a rising junior at Nashoba Regional High School who lives in the beautiful, perfect little town of Stow with his parents and four sisters. He loves to debate, act and play soccer. He also enjoys coaching track at Hale Middle School. He is currently the Secretary-General of Model UN as well as the Vice President of DECA at Nashoba. In the future, he is hoping to start his own nonprofit and one day become president.
Sam Mitchell, Intern
Sam is a rising senior at Nashoba Regional High School and is from the town of Bolon. In his internship at World Farmers, he hopes to learn more about national and local policy as it relates to small farms. He is editor-in-chief of the Nashoba newspaper and is an active member of the theatre and robotics programs. Sam loves to read the New York Times and learn more about the complex and varied world in which we live, something he hopes will continue throughout his experiences with World Farmers.
