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Gwyn (she/her) is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Community Nutrition. She comes to Cornell with a background in farm work, a B.S. in public health nutrition from The Ohio State University, a Master of Public Health from University at Albany, and experience as a program evaluator for NYS SNAP-Ed. At Cornell, Gwyn’s research focuses on how food procurement processes, policies, and funding might be leveraged to address health, dignity, and equity for both minority farmers

Mary Ruberti, LMSW, is an extension associate with the BCTR.  Ms. Ruberti has worked in child welfare and residential treatment for over 30 years in various roles including direct care worker, supervisor, social worker, training coordinator, and quality assurance manager. Ms. Ruberti has been affiliated with the Residential Child Care Project at Cornell since 1993.  She has had the privilege of providing training and technical assistance to agencies implementing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Children

Karina is a third-year PhD candidate investigating dietary patterns, iron metabolism and the gut microbiota in healthy adults following omnivorous and plant-based diets, using multi-omics approaches. She is a Canadian Registered Dietitian and holds an M.S. in Human Nutrition and a B.S. in Dietetics from McGill University. Her research interests center on public health challenges and the role of nutrition interventions in advancing preventive health.