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Alexis Mickevicius, MPH CHES, currently serves as Program Manager at Food Access LA, where responsibilities include program coordination and management. Previous roles include Public Affairs Intern at Planned Parenthood Los Angeles and Graduate Research Assistant at Eastern Michigan University, specializing in sexual health education and evaluation. Alexis also has experience as a CE Specialist at CorePower Yoga, a Program Coordinator for the DoD STARBASE program with The SPECTRUM Group, and a Marketing and Outreach Coordinator at Special Aerospace Services, LLC. Additional qualifications include work as a Budget and Legislative Analyst at Peduzzi Associates, Ltd., a Community Outreach Team Lead at Lululemon Athletica, an Office Manager and Traffic Manager at The State News, and a Congressional Intern with the U.S. House of Representatives. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Health from Eastern Michigan University.
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The Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles - SEE-LA is a leading Los Angeles non-profit, connecting people to healthy food through farmers’ markets, nutrition education and food access programs. SEE-LA ensures food access by operating 6 community-based farmers’ markets in Los Angeles; providing nutrition education to low-income families and to children in underserved schools; being the first local operator of farmers’ markets to accept government benefits at its markets; and piloting and championing the Market Match program, which matches CalFresh (formerly food stamp) benefits for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables. SEE-LA supports sustainable food systems by operating farmers’ markets that sell seasonal, and regionally farmed/ produced foods; providing opportunities for 150 regional family farms across 16 counties to sell directly to customers in Los Angeles, including the largest farmers’ market in the City of Los Angeles. SEE-LA promotes economic development by providing a marketplace and business development opportunities for its 300 farmers and food vendors, and by operating a Food Business Accelerator that provides technical assistance, entrepreneurial training, and access to capital to cohorts of a dozen local prepared food and food product business owners.