Ash Avila

Ash Avila and is a Senior at the University of Arizona majoring in Sustainable Built Environments with a minor in Spanish. She was born and raised in Nogales, Arizona. Growing up in a small border town led to her interests in urban design, sustainable communities, and urban food systems in cities, especially cities with large Latino populations. The CRFS award helped support her work in creating a local food hub in Nogales, Arizona with SEEDS Community Agriculture. Over the summer, she was able to help set up a rainwater harvesting system; plant squash, beans, and corn (las tres hermanas), as well as a few other crops; and begin the planning process for an official opening date for our first educational farm.