SEE-LA
Leah Galitzdorfer, MS, RDN, serves as Program Manager for Nutrition Programs at Food Access LA since May 2022, with a robust background in nutrition and community outreach. Prior to this role, Leah held positions including Senior Program Nutritionist at NY Enrichment Group, where nutrition services for head start programs were developed, and Program Dietitian at Brooklyn College, focusing on cultural competency in dietary practices. Practical experience includes managing youth-led markets at GrowNYC, conducting nutrition counseling as a Dietetic Intern, and creating nutrition curricula for underserved populations at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Leah’s academic credentials include a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and a Bachelor of Arts in International/Global Studies from Colorado State University.
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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.