Ysanet Batista

Ysanet Batista is a queer Black-Dominican woman,
born in Harlem, NY and currently living in Puerto Plata, Dominican
Republic. Ysanet is a Farm School NYC alum and holds a certificate in
Urban Agriculture & Permaculture Design. She completed her
undergraduate degree at Johnson & Wales University and worked in
hospitality & tourism for 10 years before transitioning to
community, place and identity centered organizing. Ysanet is the founder
of Woke Foods, a Black women & worker-owned cooperative focused on
offering Dominican and other Afro-Caribbean plant-based gastronomy and
food sovereignty. When she is not working at Woke Foods, she is
participating in solidarity economy circles and hosting Free The Bag
Podcast, a podcast to guide people towards freeing their time, money,
and each other.

Visit the website for Woke Foods for more information about this project.