Zoraida Lopez-Diago joined Glynwood Center for Regional Food & Farming as vice president of development, communication, and strategic partnerships in 2022. She is deeply committed to environmental justice and working at the intersection of land, food, and equity, and has nearly two decades of experience collaborating with community members, municipalities, philanthropic leaders, and regional nonprofits.
Most recently, Zoraida served as director of the River Cities Program at Scenic Hudson Inc. Prior to that, she managed communications and grants initiatives at Westchester Land Trust. During this time, she also co-founded Conservationists of Color, a national platform and affinity group for people of color working in the land conservation movement. Zoraida has additional professional experience at Columbia University and the Service Employees International Union.
In her free time, Zoraida is a photographer and curator. In 2022, she co-curated the exhibition, "Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility," an exhibition on Black girls and genderqueer individuals, and is co-editor of Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing.