Gabbi DeMarce (she/they) based in Mni Luzahan/Rapid City, SD, serves as a Food Systems Organizer for Dakota Rural Action. Post-university with a B.A. in Environmental Studies emph. in Sustainable Agriculture and Education, they spent the next few years developing a new garden education program at a local nonprofit serving youth and families, providing curious minds and hands with nourishing and empowering opportunities to grow and eat fresh foods.
Gabbi is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Justice from Prescott College.
Gabbi’s experience in and affinity for program management, curriculum development and education, relationship-building, community-based projects, organization, and leadership lend itself to an exciting organizing career. Their wicked sense of humor and sarcasm is just a bonus.
They are committed to daily rituals of movement, like dancing, yoga and the gym, to creative practices like mixing music, graphic design and knitting, and to immersion in the granite and ponderosas of the He Sapa/Black Hills.