Colin has been teaching and learning in community-based education for more than 20 years. He has directed projects engaged with food, environment and community from Northern California to Chicago to Uzbekistan. Colin earned a PhD in Education from the University of California, Davis, researching hands-on learning that helps young people see their own power and make change in their lives and communities. This brought him into youth bike shops, graffiti studios, environmental justice organizations, and science classrooms. Most recently, as a Research Scientist for BSCS Science Learning his efforts focused on making science education more equitable. In that role, he led participatory design with youth and educators, and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to inspire conversations about science, society and the future. Agriculture has always been a part of Colin’s life, from raising goats in Washington State as a child, to teaching on an urban farm in Washington, DC. Before coming to the Student Farm, he organically farmed and milled olives near Winters, CA, for eight years. Working alongside mentors, as well as owls, mantises, and hares, farming continues to teach him about the beauty, hard work, and risk of producing food, as well as the adaptations that climate change is demanding. Colin’s first job in Davis was at the Student Farm and he is thrilled to be part of a community engaging society’s greatest challenges. He believes there is no more important work than building ecologically sound and socially just food systems and communities in a changing world.