Interns

Social Media & Engagement Intern

Mary Nascimento (she/her) brings a background in agricultural communications and digital marketing, with experience helping family farms, organic researchers, and sustainable agriculture nonprofits tell stories that connect with their audiences. She earned a degree in Agricultural Communication with a minor in Agribusiness from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where she also spent several years working at the university’s certified organic farm, one of the most rewarding, valuable experiences of her professional life.

Outside of work, Mary enjoys art and design, reading a good book, and spending time on the California coast. She joined OFRF as the Social Media & Engagement Intern in 2026.

Policy Intern

Katelyn Hemmer (she/her) is returning to OFRF as the Policy Intern in the summer of 2026 after completing an internship on the Senate Agriculture Committee. Before turning her focus to policy, she joined OFRF as the Tech & Data Intern in 2025-26 while completing a Farmer-in-Training program in small-scale sustainable farming at the Old Fort through Fort Lewis College in Hesperus, Colorado. She also spent a year working on Earth Sky Time Community Farm, an organic farm in southern Vermont. She graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in Political Science, where she conducted an in-depth research project examining the history of food commodification, post-industrial farm models, and the growing social movement toward local food systems. Her experiences span the entire food system, from seed to compost, including work with farms, food banks, co-ops, restaurants, and composting operations. Outside of her work, Katelyn enjoys reading, trying new recipes, and hiking.