Plant(ing) Communities

Izamar's final project focused on the power of plants to promote connection during the pandemic. She started to grow more plants and and deliver to friends and colleagues.
She also decided to create a number of balms and art pieces for the community, which she would give out for free, leaving them in hidden spots in her neighborhood. While her final project can not be seen here, we are sure it was felt to everyone she was able to reach her caring green message.

Izamar Gallardo is a Research Data Associate in the Department of Population Health’s Section on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use. They co-lead the Persons with Serious Mental Illness pilot along with Dr. Fawole and are involved in various other aspects of our NIH funded R01. Their passions involved psychology of violence and personality, poetry, gardening, and volunteering in various mutual aid networks working to minimize the impact of food apartheid in their community.