Staff

Meghan Cohorst (26, Immokalee, FL), originally of Valparaiso, IN, is a graduate of Eckerd College. She first became involved with SFA as an intern during the hurricane-riddled summer of 2004 and has since remained closely involved with the Campaign for Fair Food, returning to Immokalee to help plan the 2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour and designing the majority of SFA and CIW's materials before coming on as staff in August 2007. Meghan enjoys graphic and web design, all sorts of geeky tech stuff, riding her bike to work and telling bad jokes. Contact Meghan: meghan (at) sfalliance.org

Rudy Cortinas (28, Immokalee, FL) was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico and grew up on the Borderlands of the Lower Rio Grande Valley after his family immigrated to Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in Mexican Amerian Studies—Public Policy, and he studied at Mexico City’s Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico researching gender and sexuality in Latin America. He began working with SFA after returning to Austin, TX in 2005 during the Boot the Bell Campaign before serving on the Steering Committee. In Austin, he worked in the public school with at-risk youth, and later with at a non-profit clinic providing services for adolescents in distress. Now, Florida is is home, and he is excited to be here! Contact Rudy: rudy (at) sfalliance.org

Marc Rodrigues (29, Immokalee, FL) was born in Yonkers, New York shortly after his parents emigrated from Angola/Portugal. Marc graduated from the City University of New York and the UMass-Amherst Labor Studies program and has organized with the student, anti-war, and labor movements. He was an intern with SFA in the Summer of '05 before coming down a year later to fill a staff position. Marc likes writing, reading, and reminiscing; good barbeque and craft beer; living in a subtropical climate and Immokalee sunsets. Marc supports Yankee imperialism (in baseball, that is) and the New York Football Giants. Contact Marc: marc (at) sfalliance.org