A recent graduate, Jordan wants to use his knowledge and experience to empower under-served communities through urban gardening, nutrition education, fitness curriculum, and employment opportunities.
Through the Yao Yuan Sze Fellowship, he had an opportunity to do so before graduating. The fellowship allowed him to spend a summer in Washington D.C., working with DC Greens as a school garden intern and DC Central Kitchen as a local food intern. From these experiences, Jordan returned to Whittier to help build a school garden and develop a nutrition and gardening curriculum at a local elementary school.
Now in his professional career, Jordan continues to help under-served communities through the National League of Cities. There, he's a senior program specialist in the Race, Equity, and Leadership initiative, which works to eliminate racial disparities, heal racial divisions, and build more equitable communities.
The Yao Yuan Sze Fellowship provides funds for students in their sophomore, junior, or senior year to enter a supervised research project and, following the completion of the summer research project, earn an augmenting scholarship for the fall term.
For more information about the fellowship, contact professor Trish Van Oosbree or professor Kathy Barlow.
