Rosalinda Guillen (she/hers) is the founder of Community to Community and a lead strategist and visionary within the non-hierarchical ecofeminist leadership of C2C. Her perspective is fundamentally influenced by her introduction to the multi-racial, working-class community organizing model of the Rainbow Coalition, the Cesar Chavez house meeting model, The World Social Forum, the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil and growing up a farmworker in La Conner, WA. Rosalinda has organized farmworkers in WA State and the strawberry fields of Salinas CA. She has represented farmworkers in the Legislatures of California and Washington State and in ongoing policy and Movement building dialogues on immigration issues, climate change, labor rights, trade agreements, ecofeminism and strengthening the food sovereignty movement towards a Solidarity Economy. Contact Rosalinda here.

Brenda Bentley (she/hers) was born in Los Angeles, CA and raised by the matriarchy: mother, grandmother, and aunties. She was inducted into the ethos of civil disobedience and the DIY attitude through her involvement in the 70's punk movement. Brenda’s work in stage set design, and wardrobe for film and music involved travel to other countries where through the arts, and especially music, there exists a sisterhood/brotherhood that welcomes fellow artists passing through. Many of the relationships formed were with Indigenous artists in other countries. Being in community heightened her awareness of the violent impact of colonialism on Indigenous cultures. After settling on the lands of the Coast Salish people, Brenda was brought into C2C via her solidarity with local farmworkers on the picket line. Brenda founded and coordinates the C2C Art Department where she and the art team use their skills and shared knowledge to amplify the voices of farmworkers and immigrants through movement art. She believes another world is not only possible but that Art and Culture play a crucial role as we model that world in our movement spaces and direct actions. Being surrounded by art and making art together is one of the ways that we care for each other, our community, and contribute to making the movement for farmworker justice irresistible. Contact Brenda here.

Lucy Madrigal (she/hers) is a bilingual, born and raised Chicana and woman of color from Skagit County. Her roots are in Michoacán, Mexico. She is a proud daughter of hard-working parents who migrated in the 1980's in search of the "American Dream." She is a strong advocate for human and farmworker rights. Not afraid to speak her mind, Lucy is the Promotora Coordinator at C2C, where she fights alongside the C2C Leadership Team and others to bring awareness of farmworkers’ living and working conditions. She supports her community by promoting justice and equity. Contact Lucy here.

Liz Darrow (she/hers) is the Participatory Democracy Program Coordinator for Community to Community. She gets her name from Mt Elizabeth, where she grew up in Eastern Washington. Liz graduated from Fairhaven College with a degree in film, politics, and theater. She spent many years as the communications director for the Cascadia International Women's Film Festival as well as contract editing prior to joining the C2C team full time. She has screened her work in the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, and the Food Film Festival in New York City. Liz is passionate about farmworker rights and building a broad community movement toward a just and equitable food system. She believes that there is a place for every single person in our community in decision making spaces, and she delights in organizing with all kinds of people in order to shift the policies and systems that govern our lives. Contact Liz here.

Kumusta? I’m Tara (siya/ella/she). I was born and raised in the Philippines and moved as a teenager to Hong Kong. I’ve worked in the food system since I was 12 - as a cook, caterer, dishwasher, food prep worker, server, and community gardener. I taught college students for 15 years and saw college education trap many students into a lifetime of debt. I’ve learned as a tenant and a labor organizer that we are most powerful and effective when we are united and aligned. We need another economy that can lead to a future free from extraction for profit, and exploitation. So I support growing a local solidarity economy that prioritizes well being and our natural ecosystems. I do this by practicing agroecology, protecting our dignity and languages, our connections and relationships, and by stopping harmful, violent, and exploitative behaviors and practices. Lastly, I’m an ecofeminist and resource-stretching mama to three hilarious and stubborn kids (humans not goats). Contact me here.