As a key member of the GoFarm Hawaiʻi AgBusiness Team, Alyssa's primary focus is developing marketing material, providing business consultation to existing farmers and businesses, as well as leading program students through Agribusiness classes. A graduate of the GoFarm Hawaiʻi program and former farm owner and operator of Da Farm, she brings a unique perspective to her position. Alyssa's main focus is increasing her community's work force and moving Hawaiʻi towards sustainable food sovereignty. Her passion for food comes from a long career in the hospitality industry as a food service professional and former restaurant manager. She is well versed in a leadership role and understands how vital it is for a team (or community) to work collaboratively in order to attain shared goals. Within her current role she is in charge of data tracking, program building for the beginning farmer training course, development and maintenance of the GoFarm Hawaiʻi website, local agbusiness client consultations, creating and distributing marketing materials for the overall program, and developing new strategies for program growth. She also provides technical assistance to farmers and has helped them to develop and market new value-added products. She's organized many on-farm workshops as including a statewide poultry farm tour and has helped create and maintain classroom material for each of GoFarm Hawaiʻiʻs five sites.