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» I've always wanted to work in a field
that was community oriented. I think
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that that is for me my purpose.
My name is Karen Ibarra. I'm a project
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management assistant and I am with the
office of environmental programs for the
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city of Phoenix.
>> I oversee the resilient sustainable
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grant and the food food systems grant.
>> We do come out there and will do site
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visits, we'll do media visits.
>> And then this was the first garden we
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planted.
>> Gorgeous. Look at those sunflowers. Oh
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my god.
>> We're doing all of this in order so that
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the grantees can be successful because
when they're successful then our
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community is successful.
>> To squash family. [music]
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» I think my favorite is going out and
doing site visits and getting to see the
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recipients and how they've benefited and
just seeing those success stories in
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real life. To be able to grow up here
and then also serve the same communities
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that I grew up in is very rewarding.
>> Um this is a desert lavender.
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» Resilient and sustainable agriculture
grant is one of the programs that we
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offer for our local farmers and its goal
is to help provide funding for local
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producers so that they can adapt better
to extreme heat and climate change so
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that they can continue to provide food
for our local community.
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» Karen and the rest of my team are just
wonderful people. They all care so
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deeply about serving the community and
helping to improve our local food
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system. I see her career continuing to
grow because she's so committed to this
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work and improving our local food
system.
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I love Karen. She's great.
>> The space that you're seeing here we
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call Casa Caracol which means snail
house. Through this program we're able
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to teach people how to reconnect with
the land through growing their own food,
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teaching them how to utilize the things
that they grow, not just
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>> as food, but also as medicine, also to
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reconnect culturally to their roots. And
the project also
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>> just helps us also learn the importance
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of like we live in a desert, and how do
we conserve water?
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And it's a space for people to connect,
to heal, and [music] to grow.
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Kind of fits perfectly with this this
program that we're in now.
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» I think it's very fulfilling being able
to be so hands-on with our programs and
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being able to really see the way that
our programs have impacted and benefited
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people. I'm happy to work with the City
of Phoenix because um there are so many
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great resources and programs available
to to residents.
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» Do work that makes Phoenix work.
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