Sergio grew up on a small ranch in Mexico surrounded by horses, cattle, javelinas, pythons, and more. His dad was a farmer and taught him to love, respect, and care for nature from a very young age. He has lived in the US for 19 years and has been an active volunteer in the local community since 2010. He is deeply committed to community empowerment and fostering relationships among neighbors and with our natural environment. Now that he has a young child of his own, he is especially aware of the need to educate young people about the importance of environmental stewardship. Sergio enjoys seeing the world with wonder through the eyes of his son. He grows many of his own vegetables without the use of any pesticides or harmful chemicals for his family’s benefit and for the benefit of the environment. He has a vermicompost worm bin and enjoys seeing his food scraps converted into rich compost for use in his garden.