Founding Volunteers
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Alejandra Ruiz (She/Her)
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Jesus Daniel Puerto (He/Him)
“Living life through Jackson Heights, Colombia and LGBTQ+ communities“
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Mark Buhrmester (He/Him)
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Eddie Valentin (He/Him)
Operational Team
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Mauricio Piratova (He/Him)
“Love is an action never simply a feeling”
- bell hooks
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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
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Michael Puerto (He/Him)
Volunteers
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Anastasia Chiu
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Carly Sorenson
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Claudia Gonzalez
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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
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Day Sanchez
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Matthew Linn
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Mark Rusell
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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.”
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Ruth Lopez (She/Her)
“Mi apoyo a la comunidad es el motor que me mantiene viva día a día“
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Scott Sorenson (He/Him)