Prior to becoming a Bloomberg Fellow, Emily Foxman served as Program and Development Manager at Urban Harvest where she leveraged research, GIS map work, and survey design skills to lead all aspects of foundation-based fundraising for Urban Harvest's programs: Community Gardens, Farmers Markets, and Education.

Urban Harvest is a Houston-based nonprofit whose mission is to cultivate thriving communities through gardening and access to healthy, local food.

In this episode, we hear more about the health disparities faced in Houston, TX amid the pandemic, and the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. 

Learn more about Urban Harvest:  https://www.urbanharvest.org/. 

To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Bloomberg Fellows Program, visit https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/.