Sanaz leads the Coalition’s federal policy strategy and implementation. Prior to this role, she spent three years at the helm of the federal policy team at American Farmland Trust. She has also managed a rural school garden as a service member for Arkansas GardenCorps and worked as a farmer’s apprentice at Full Sun Farm in western North Carolina. Sanaz holds an MS in Environmental Policy from the Bard College Center for Environmental Policy and a BA in Political Science from the College of Charleston.