Emerson Fellow
Sarah Baggé
18th Class, 2011-2012
Sarah was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. She graduated from Wheaton College in 2009 with a degree in international relations and a certificate in Human Needs and Global Resources. She served as a Humanity in Action Fellow in Denmark, and worked on land rights in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After college, Sarah worked with the Abundant Table Farm Project on an organic farm in California, before moving to Brooklyn, NY where she served as a benefits counselor and VITA tax preparer with Seedco and St. Nicks Alliance.
Field placement: Wildfire
Phoenix, Arizona
Policy placement: Families USA
Washington, D.C.
Hunger Free Community Report
Missing at the Table: Barriers to Latino SNAP Participation in Arizona documents barriers to SNAP access reported by Latino community members and provides recommendations for improving SNAP participation in Arizona.