Cami Fredericks Bio

Mx. Cami is a grower, garden educator, and dreamer. The natural world has been their greatest teacher – especially the majestic Andean mountains that gave them life and the New York creeks and forests that held them in their childhood. They discovered their life’s mission in liberatory garden-based education at Ohio State University, where they earned a BS in Environmental Policy, and later at Boston College where they earned a MEd in Secondary Biology Education as a Donovan Scholar. Their farming and teaching journey has taken them to Latin America to teach at the college level as a Fulbright Scholar, a flower farm in Michigan, school gardens in Chicago, and a permaculture farm in Mexico.

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Mx. Cami started their journey at Epiphany School in 2022 as a science and garden teaching fellow. Today they dream, create, and direct the Garden Education Program which integrates garden learning into all facets of Epiphany School; from early childhood education to graduate employment. They deeply believe in food sovereignty as a form of liberation in the face of climate crisis, which guides their pedagogical approach of passing on ancestral teachings of growing vegetables, fruits, and healing herbs.