Founding Volunteers

  • Alejandra Ruiz (She/Her)

  • Jesus Daniel Puerto (He/Him)

    “Living life through Jackson Heights, Colombia and LGBTQ+ communities“

  • Mark Buhrmester (He/Him)

  • Eddie Valentin (He/Him)

Operational Team

  • Mauricio Piratova (He/Him)

    “Love is an action never simply a feeling”

    - bell hooks

  • Marisol Castellanos (She/Her)

    “The idea of freedom is inspiring. But What does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what’s that? The freedom to starve?“

    -Angela Davis

  • Michael Puerto (He/Him)

Volunteers

  • Anastasia Chiu

  • Carly Sorenson

  • Claudia Gonzalez

  • Cyrus Moore (He/Him)

    “We try to build a loving, restorative heart in a heartless world, without losing focus on how to get to a different one, not in the next life, but in the coming years.“

    from “Socialism…Seriously” by Danny Katch

  • Day Sanchez

  • Matthew Linn

  • Mark Rusell

  • Peter Gartand

    Peter Gartland

    “I enjoy volunteering with LWFP because the people we service are all hyper local and we’re minimizing food insecurity. The time commitment is just a few days a month and I love all my fellow volunteers.”

  • Ruth Lopez (She/Her)

    “Mi apoyo a la comunidad es el motor que me mantiene viva día a día“

  • Scott Sorenson (He/Him)