Amber Orozco

Amber Orozco is passionate about developing equitable and sustainable local food systems. She brings a combined 10 years of experience in food systems research and the nonprofit sector, with community engagement and relationship building at the center of her work as both a professional and a scholar.

Amber spent several years with the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, where she supported Healthy Markets LA, a corner store program that worked with store owners to increase healthy food sales. Her work there spanned store owner recruitment and training, program evaluation, community events, and budget and contract management. Most recently, she served as a Policy and Planning Intern with Food Well Alliance in Atlanta, supporting local food systems planning across metro Atlanta and contributing to two published reports on the regional food system.

Her educational pursuits have taken her to Kenya, Costa Rica, Washington, D.C., California, and Georgia. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Georgia, where she studies national and local healthy retail movements. She holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from American University and a Master of Arts in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development from the United Nations-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica.

Amber’s strengths include collaboration, effective communication, and resourcefulness, along with skills in qualitative research design, community engagement, and mapping with Geographic Information Systems software. Outside of work, she enjoys collecting vinyl records, cooking, and keeping up with the latest TV series and new movie releases.

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