Christa Núñez

Pronouns | she, her, hers

Member Since | 2021

Christa Núñez is the founder and Director of the Learning Farm, and its non-profit sister organization Khuba International as well as her content-creation organization CAN Cooperative Media. Christa possesses 12 years of experience in nature and garden-based, equity-focused education. For the past 3 years, she has operated a Summer Camp at the Learning Farm, as well as an Afterschool and Outdoor School program during the school year. Through Khuba International, Christa has implemented community and school garden programs in rural California for food insecure communities, supported garden and forest-based education for an orphanage in Haiti. She currently spearheads a literacy initiative called Ubuntu Library that centers narratives of people of color and directs a food justice-focused program for youth and family farming education. She leads the implementation of the Equitable and Edible Farm School curriculum at the Ithaca City School district. Her work centers around equity, particularly for BIPOC youth and families. Through both her for and non-profit organizations, as well as with community organizations such as the Finger Lakes Land Access Reparations and Reconciliation Working Group, Christa prioritizes increasing equitable access to food, land, and nature for youth and families.