Jo has lived and worked in western Massachusetts since the late 1990s, arriving fresh out of New York City’s Hunter College School of Social Work where she focused on homelessness policy, prison reform, and earned an MSW.
Food insecurity in our region rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Feeding America, there will be approximately a 47% increase in the number of western Massachusetts residents and a 63% increase in the number of western Massachusetts children who will be food insecure by the end of 2020.