Student Action with Farmworkers

For a Just Agricultural System

I want to give back to people who, thanks to them, we have food on our table

By

Emily Velazquez-Alvarado, SAF Levante Leadership Institute youth member

Hello! My name is Emily Velazquez-Alvarado, I am 16 years old and I attend early college high school. My family is originally from Michoacán and they migrated from Mexico more than 20 years ago. I live with my younger brother and mom. Growing up, I had an amazing childhood because I was always surrounded with people I love. All my hard work I do is to one day pay my mom for always being there for me.

School is my priority, I work very hard on all my assignments to get good grades. I love helping people – two years ago I went to Mexico to help children and visited orphanages.

I am doing the Levante program because I hope to give back to people who, thanks to them, we have food on our table. I want to make a small change to help people because they sacrifice many things. I also want to be involved in my community. I know a small change can make a huge difference.

SAF es incluyente de todas las expresiones y pronombres. Sabemos que la gente tiene diferentes maneras de crear lenguaje más inclusivo y tenemos toda la intención de que nuestro sitio web y las comunicaciones de nuestra organización sean cultural y lingüísticamente apropiadas. Con el fin de que nuestro contenido sea lo más comprensible posible para todos los públicos, incluyendo personas con diferentes habilidades de lecto-escritura y aquellos que usan lectores de pantalla, SAF ha decidido usar el español/castellano con un uso tradicional de género en este sitio web.