A Knoxville native, Maggie spent her childhood soaking up as much time outdoors as possible. Through hiking trails in the Smokies and helping her dad in their family garden, she developed a deep appreciation for nature and a conviction to protect the environment she so dearly loved. While studying Sustainability Sciences at Furman University, she began to dig into the intersection of food justice and sustainable agriculture, recognizing the importance of improving environmental and community wellbeing in tandem. From there, she stepped outside the classroom to glean lessons from those pushing for change locally by working with food access groups in Greenville and internationally by travelling to Costa Rica to engage with activists working towards food systems transformation.

Inspired by everything she had learned, she returned to Knoxville post-graduation to serve with CAC AmeriCorps assisting with food recovery at the University of Tennessee Knoxville's Office of Sustainability. She now joins the TNFP team excited and empowered to ignite change in the Nashville food scene by bringing volunteers together to grow, cook, and share in our space. She believes fiercely in the power of food to unite communities, and as a relentless optimist and extrovert, she looks forward to building relationships with all of our partners and volunteers that help TNFP fight hunger and poverty in Nashville. When not at TNFP, Maggie loves to spend her time reading, exploring the outdoors, doing yoga, and gathering her friends together for dinners and board game nights.