Leti­cia works with all pro­gram par­tic­i­pants by pro­vid­ing tech­ni­cal assis­tance through monthly goal plan­ning meet­ings and con­nect­ing them with ser­vice providers in the com­mu­nity. Leti­cia also works to keep La Cocina’s vol­un­teers hard at work and helps with other projects includ­ing spe­cial events and classes, cor­po­rate gifts, donor out­reach, and the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market.

She holds a bach­e­lors degree from Har­vard Uni­ver­sity and com­pleted the first year of culi­nary train­ing at the Cor­don Bleu in Paris and worked on the line at Jeffrey’s Restau­rant in Austin, Texas where she grew up. Leticia’s back­ground is mostly in inter­na­tional non­profit work–she has lived in rural North­ern India and rural South­west­ern China work­ing and study­ing agri­cul­tural poverty and its effects on women. She also worked at Wit­ness in Brook­lyn, New York, research­ing and devel­op­ing doc­u­men­taries about human rights abuses in Latin Amer­ica and along the US-Mexico border.

Leti­cia is flu­ent in Span­ish and French and is con­ver­sant in Man­darin. Leti­cia brings a pas­sion for the kitchen to La Cocina and a true belief in the effect of empow­er­ment for women busi­ness owners.

con­tact: (415) 824‑2729, ext. 303

email: leticia@lacocinasf.org

favorite foods: cochinita pibil, quiche and the per­fect brownie