Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou
Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou (she/her) is one of three farmer/operators at Brisa Ranch, a 15-acre diversified fruit and vegetable operation, in Pescadero, CA. She has been involved in agriculture in multiple facets, from working with rice farmers as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, to apprenticing and later managing operations and sales at Pie Ranch and earning an MS in Applied Economics and Management focusing on Food & Agriculture from Cornell University. Vero is a Steering Council member of the California Food and Farming Network (CFFN), a 2021 NYFC CA Political Leadership Fellowship Alum, and a 2022 NYFC Land Advocacy Fellow.