groundbreaking job-training program for previously incarcerated young adults, furthering their social and professional development through the power of work, designed around three-time award winning food truck and mobile classroom.

our impact

• complete trauma-informed culinary training curriculum for justice-impacted youth.

• top-to-bottom brick-and-mortar + mobile facility design supporting service offerings tied to programmatic outcomes.

• integration of hyper-local food procurement strategy supporting food justice education.

• designed evaluation system to capture program metrics leading to securing $10M in funding over three years and data supporting qualitative program narratives.

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hub-and-spoke model social enterprise of Good Food Works NYC bringing the freshest prepared salads to neighborhoods that need it most, while providing employment and on-the-job skill building to homeless and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers.

our impact

• multi-year program and revenue model iteration leading to establishment of NYC's only locally-sourced hub-and-spoke food program in under-served neighborhoods

• development of foodservice and retail perations including role development, operations manuals, reporting feedback loops.

• conducted consumer studies including 1-on-1 interviews and surveys uncovering critical model data and leading to empirically-driven funding strategies.

job-readiness program for young New Yorkers ages 16-24 based out of Sweet Generation Bakery providing on-the-job training, workplace-based social-emotional learning, and food service and hospitality experience.

our impact

• designed and oversaw 75% increase in program capacity.

• integrated two new revenue lines into program training model during facility expansion, redesigned on-boarding and orientation leading to 25% improved retention.

• designed and implemented social-emotional learning curriculum following participatory action research.

• designed and implemented top-to-bottom evaluation program to support and drive a culture of social-emotional development and continual growth.

• created youth management training curriculum and consulting course.

women and lack-owned food social enterprisein Southside Chicago providing pathways to ownership to those previously incarcerated by preparing and delivering freshly prepared meals to Chicagoland communities and institutions. 

our impact

• full facility re-organization, workflow design with production tracking tools, dashboard system design & implementation

• role definition overhaul including associated job descriptions, tasks lists, flat-hierarchy management system and values-driven evaluation system to support individual growth-mindset and transition from worker to owner.

• creation of proprietary recipe development tool bridging  soulful cooking and Illinois nutrition standards to access medically-tailored meal contracts, expanding product line into home-delivered meals.

• development of consumer satisfaction surveys to drive new product line development.