Cara Donovan Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Providence, RI, US

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Stamford, CT

• Lead the Stamford and Danbury Food Collaboratives
• Manage the design and development of community-oriented, research-based food security programming that will positively impact communities in western Connecticut

Connecticut Mental Health Center - Yale University

• Contribute to the implementation of the master plan to restructure the nutrition and food service operation at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
• Collaborate with United Way to create a database of all sources of emergency food and feeding support in the Greater New Haven area for the YouthMap to be used as a tool for providers,and consumers
• Research and write the history and case study of the CMHC Food Transformation Initiative
• Perform a food insecurity study of clients seeking care at the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit

• Social Science of Conservation & Development
• Met with students about weekly class readings and final projects
• Assisted professor with grading students' written work

New Haven, CT

• Brought training and provided technical assistance on topics such as tree inventory, tree maintenance, and planting methods to 7 Greenspace community groups in New Haven
• Planted trees and perennials in streetscapes, vacant lots and city parks alongside community volunteers
• Served as liaison between URI Greenspace groups and Parks Department

• Global Aspects of Food & Nutrition CDE 543
• Assisted Professor in writing and grading twice-weekly class quizzes, midterm exam, writing assignments, and final projects
• Met with students to answer questions on class material and final projects

New Haven, CT

New Haven, CT

• Expanded Mobile Market program from 6 sites in 2012 to 25 sites in 2013 to bring fresh CT produce to low-income communities in New Haven
• Sold over 9,000 lbs. of produce in 2012 with over 75% bought with food assistance benefits
• Supervised Assistant Mobile Market Manager and student workers from Green Jobs Corps
• Managed Mobile Market data, produce inventory, vendor reimbursement and finances

New Haven, CT

• Developed and taught culturally appropriate lessons on themes of health, hygiene, the water cycle, responsibility and self-esteem to schoolchildren from ages 4 – 16
• Planned and facilitated experimental gardens with women volunteers
• Instructed mothers and youth on weekly maintenance of new sink structures
• Instructed youth on use and maintenance of flush latrines at village schoolhouse
• Collaborated with the community Health Post to dispense anti-parasitic medication

• Assisted Connecticut attorneys representing plaintiffs in lawsuits against the asbestos industry
• Researched, prepared and organized factual elements of dozens of cases
• Interacted with clients, attorneys, and medical personnel

• Assisted Peruvian botanists on a study of canopy dynamics using hemispherical photographs
• Built and collected leaf litter traps to compare biomass production of different forest types
• Created map of elevation of the grid trail system using GPS computer and GIS software
• Initiated a reforestation project in recovering forest by planting over 300 trees
• Monitored mammal populations using track traps and observation
• Cooperated with volunteers to build, plant, maintain and harvest the biogarden

• Collected tree data on handheld computers in Boston neighborhoods.
• Created an inventory of the street trees in the greater Boston area.
• Managed volunteer crews ranging in age from youth to senior citizens as they collected tree data.

Master'S Degree, Environmental Science

Master'S Degree, Master Of Public Health

B.S., Environmental Studies, Hispanic Studies, Conservation Biology

Activities and Societies: Sprout Organic Garden Club, Renewable Energy Club, Science Educators Group, Environmental Model Committee.