Shanella Palmer

As a first-generation American, Shanella is no stranger to understanding the complexities of local and global food apartheid and how communities organize themselves in the face of injustice. As a result of these experiences, Shanella was inspired to work with people living with mental illness where she developed nutrition and life-skill courses. She then pursued an MPH in community health, learning to translate the theory of the classroom to real life as she engaged impacted populations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Motivated to plan seeds of change in her own life, Shanella recently started a mini garden to grow her own food.

Field placement: Pittsburgh Food Policy Council

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania