Black Woman Working...

This episode of @blackwomanwork features Cierra Washington (@ciewash) Strategic Partnership Coordinator for @northsidefoodcoop . Cierra is a UNCW alum with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. After graduation, she was hired as the Program Associate for the Center for Healthy Communities within the College of Health and Human Services. In this position, she became more intimately involved with the Wilmington community by joining community committees and working with community agencies to address issues related to the social determinants of health in the city. She also began to champion intentional student engagement through applied learning opportunities. Through the variety of work and causes she was exposed to in her time at the Center, Cierra developed a passion for food access and food justice. This passion led her to get involved with the Northside Food Cooperative. After volunteering time with the Cooperative for a year, she was offered a full-time position as their assistant project manager. In this role