ABOUT

Susan Kiskis is an author, yoga teacher, and environmental advocate. She is the creator of the Mechanicsburg Earth Day Festival, former Borough Councilperson for Mechanicsburg, and is a M.S. Global Health and M.S. Sustainable Food Systems student at Arizona State University. Her graduate work as an M.S. Global Health student at Arizona State University is focused on malnutrition and disease in women in children in tropical climates. Moving into a concurrent degree in M.S. Sustainable Food Systems, Kiskis seeks to research the intersection of food, health, and climate change. In the summer of 2023, she will live and work as an intern in Sukadana for ASRI learning about how rainforest community organic farmers perceive health impacts from organic farming followed by volunteer work at Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary supporting endangered orangutans who are critical to the health of rainforests in Indonesia.

 

She has over two decades of experience working in natural foods and health, along with business administration and management. She is a permaculture design student at Oregon State University and works as a Program Specialist at an area library where she facilitates early childhood reading programs, cultural programs, and STEM programs which include programs on sustainability, nutrition, and environmental stewardship for children ages 0-10. She is a Graduate Student Research Assistant working on USDA's AMS Farmers Market program.