SEE-LA
Chloe Mays is currently working as a Market Match Manager at SEE-LA, where Chloe champions programs that help stretch public nutrition benefits for the purchase of fresh, nutrient-rich food. Chloe also coordinates food relief for local families struggling with food insecurity. Previously, Chloe worked in various digital creative and influencer management roles, including positions at TikTok and YouTube, before deciding to shift their focus to food security and sustainable urban farming. Chloe Mays holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Chicago.
SEE-LA
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.