Sandra and her partner founded the Small Scale Food Processor Association in BC in 2021 at a meeting where processors named the issues they were facing and agreed to stand together to form the new organization.  Sandra was the first Executive Director and has always supported the organization as a consultant and as a food processor herself.  She came back 6 years ago to set up Women's Programs since it was clear that women made up the majority of starting and scaling food entrepreneurs but they continue to experience serious barriers   Sandra's career as a serial social  entrepreneur focused on community economic development, mostly in rural communities.  She loves living in rural eastern Ontario but misses her colleagues in BC.