Okra was born and raised in Sacramento, California and studied Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a fruit and vegetable farmer all over the Bay Area for the last six years. During that time, and with formal education from UC Berkeley’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Okra learned how to work organizational finances and now comes to the National Young Farmers Coalition as Finance Coordinator with this knowledge to support other young farmers across the nation. Okra is a percussionist and loves to surf, build furniture, drink organic cold pressed juice, and play frisbee.