2021-2022 Fellows
Kaitlin Hsu
Kaitlin (she/her) is a senior studying English (Creative Writing: Poetry) and Computer Science (Biocomputation). Taiwanese by way of the Bay Area, she calls Synergy her home on campus and is always up to talk about co-op life. In her ever-decreasing free time, you can find her working on the New York Times crossword, listening to hyperpop, or drinking oat milk. She is excited to meet so many cool new people, learn about sustainable foodways in a global context, and of course, cook and eat yummy meals! |
Hywot Ayana
Hywot Ayana (she/her) is a frosh interested in agriculture and mechanical engineering. She took a gap year and spent a lot of it focused on food, whether that be stocking the shelves at Kroger or cooking for friends and family. She can’t wait for them to try her dish. |
Amy Huynh
amy (she/they) began their love for the land with their ma’s small but mighty backyard garden in the san gabriel valley —with the wonder of rollie pollies, jujubes, and guavas. Since then, amy has farmed, taught outdoor education, worked on rural land policy and served as a youth community organizer. As a farm educator, they witnessed how empowering it is to not only learn how to grow your own food but to reclaim a cultural connection to ancestral knowledge through plants and intergenerational relationships. amy believes in culturally informed place-based landed learning as a way to heal our relationship with the earth and to build stronger solidarities with communities towards a just and sustainable transition and intergenerational responsibility. |
Madison Ambroise
Madison (she/her) is a junior from New York City studying Human Biology and Spanish. She learned her love of cooking from her dad, who is from Louisiana and frequently makes Cajun/Creole food. Since going vegetarian in middle school, she has enjoyed finding new vegetarian recipes to try and share with her friends and family. She is so excited to explore how she can combine sustainability with her favorite dishes from Louisiana! |
Julia Simon
Julia is a senior studying Chemical Engineering. She is originally from New Orleans, LA, so she grew up immersed in the vibrant culture of Southern Louisiana. She is passionate about sustainability and climate resilience as a result of experiencing the challenges of hurricane season in coastal Louisiana, and she is excited about living an environmentally conscious life beyond Stanford. Julia is thrilled to be a part of the Baole fellowship, where she can engage with my cultural roots and advance in my goal to understand how she can live sustainably. |
Lauryn Johnson
Lauryn is a super-junior from Arizona studying International Relations and Human Rights. She am most excited to learn more about sustainability, cooking (a newfound passion), and getting to know all of the other amazing people in the program! |
2020-2021 Fellows
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David Yosuico
David (he/him) is a senior studying Environmental Systems Engineering, Urban Track. David lives in Charleston, West Virginia and hopes to spend his career fighting climate change, and while he's home he is happy cooking Filipino food with his mom, playing guitar with his dad, and playing Nintendo Switch with his little sister. |
Katherine Zhang
Katherine (she/her) is currently a rising junior on leave, graduating in ’23. She's majoring in Earth Systems and minoring in Art Practice, and enjoys drawing/painting, graphic design, dancing, and collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils. She is also learning how to do food photography! |
Sahej Claire
Sahej Claire (she/her) is a third year undergraduate pre-med at Stanford studying Management Science & Engineering. She’s fascinated by food history and food innovation, the intersection between the two, and what stories we can tell through our plates. Sahej documents her recipes and other food adventures at sahejclaire.com and is always up for a convo about food, travel, or Formula 1! |
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Grace Wallis
grace wallis (she/her) is a coterm studying Environmental Communication (2021 M.A. Earth Systems) and Human-Environment Interactions (2020 B.A. Human Biology). Raised in Los Angeles, she is passionate about community-built movements, environmental communication through the performing arts, eco-anxiety among young people, and bread. |
Kira Jan
Kira Jan (she/her) is a senior studying English, and she hails from SoCal, though you wouldn’t know it by how poorly she surfs. She began her interest in the intersection of sustainability and food while working as a Chicken Tender for the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, and in her spare time she enjoys hiking with her dog Bison, woodworking, and espresso-tasting. |
Kana Cummings
Kana Cummings (she/her) is a junior studying Sociology, Economics, and Mandarin Chinese. Her interests include sustainable agriculture, plant-based cuisine, long distance running and reading. |
Emmy Li
Emmy Li (she/her) is a senior majoring in Physics with a minor in studio arts. She's trying to make her hometown, Flavortown, USA, more sustainable. |
Jessie Kaull
Jessie (she/her) is a “senior” majoring in Human Biology with a concentration in Human-Environmental Interactions and Scientific Communication, and a general curiosity in all things food systems! After spending summers scuba diving, conducting fisheries research and becoming familiar with marine food systems in the Bahamas and Belize, she began exploring local food systems on land too through her experience WWOOFing and at-home gardening, working to incorporate garden-based learning in elementary school curricula in Hawaii and her involvement at The Farmlink Project! When she’s not thinking about or eating food, Jessie is likely on a hike or at the beach with her dog! |
Vivian Auduong Vivian (she/her) is a junior studying mechanical engineering and computer science at Stanford University. She's interested in AR/VR, food technology/automation, and has lately been really into making bánh xèo (savory Vietnamese pancakes)! |
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Ricky Young
Ricky (he/him) is a senior engineering physics major who enjoys spending time making other people smile through his dishes. Using his experience in BOH, FOH in restaurants, cafes, hotels he hopes to impact the hospitality industry through technology. He loves panko, especially the fresh kind, but the dry kind also makes him smile. |