LEADERSHIP
Priscila Espinosa
Priscila was raised as a Nutritrarian and is currently practicing a healing foods plant-based diet and lifestyle. As a product of a multicultural upbringing, she’s a polyglot (Spanish, Italian, and French) who loves learning about the local natural remedies and herbs wherever she travels. She is a multi-generation herbalist who in her free time loves foraging for wild medicinal herbs, conducting holistic test-kitchen experiments, and creating her own therapeutic formulas for skin, physical, and mental well-being.
Credentials
Priscila Espinosa is a graduate of Worcester State University with a degree in Sociology, French Minor, and Concentrations in Spanish and Italian, certified in Nonprofit Lobbying & Advocacy from the University of Notre Dame: Mendoza College of Business, and a scholarship awardee for dual MBA/MS degree in Human Factors in Information Design from Bentley University.
Priscila graduated from where she attained her Lifestyle Coaching certificate in April 2017. Priscila’s coursework at Eden Valley focused on organic farming, natural remedies (hydrotherapy, massage therapy, herbalism), and plant-based healing foods. Upon her return home to Clinton from Eden Valley, Priscila held a few workshops at faith-based organizations and then traveled to Europe to apprentice as a sustainable organic farmer.
Priscila spent July through September 2017 learning permaculture farming and working in vegetarian and plant-based farm-to-table kitchens at Le Mas Perdu in southern France and Wasserburg Turow in northern Germany, followed by a practicum as a lifestyle coach working one-on-one with clients in Paris, France before returning back to Massachusetts mid September 2017.
Business Incubators & Fellowships
Business Fellow at Worcester Idea Lab in partnership with the City of Worcester and the Worcester State University Entrepreneurship Program
STEM Business Fellow at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Business Development Lab Fellow
WPI/MIT I-Corps Program Incubator sponsored by the National Science Foundation
Background
To date, Priscila has been interviewed, held several public speaking engagements, and workshops throughout the Northeast:
Piloted SproutChange, Inc. No-Dig Garden workshop series at The HeartWell Institute
Other Interests
When Priscila is not working with SproutChange, Inc., you can find her conducting test-kitchen experiments, experimenting with her No-Dig Garden, or involved in a number of endeavors in her community at-large.
Current Community Roles
Grassroots Public Health ideation in Massachusetts supported by the Worcester Idea Lab partnership with the City of Worcester and the Worcester State University Entrepreneurship Program
Grassroots Public Health ideation in the Dominican Republic supported by Servicio Regional de Salud - Enriquillo
Past Community Roles
Council Member at the Worcester Food Policy Council
Board of Director, Education Committee Member, & Presenter at NOFA/Mass
Health & Wellness Advocate at the Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition
Worcester Food Policy CouncilCommittee Member at the City of Worcester's Division of Public Health and Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester's "REACH Advisory Committee”
State Convention Planning Committee, Legislative Drafting Committee, and State Committee member at the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts
nationwide Events Advisor at the Center for Healthcare Innovation
nationwide Events Advisor at the Latinx Health & Medical Society (formerly the National Hispanic Life Sciences Society)
Leadership Team member at Healthcare for All
Executive Director at New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Organizer & Lobbyist at Equality NOW – helped organize + pass the 1st Anti-Trafficking bill in New York State