OUR VALUES

Leah Lambert — Development Director and AmeriCorps VISTA SHARECORPS member committed to strengthening communities through service and innovation. Her superpowers include social empathy, stakeholder networking, and volunteer administration, enabling her to build strong partnerships and mobilize impactful initiatives.

With a background in operations management, 

Leah brings a strategic and people-centered approach to developing Hunger Helper to expand access, improve systems, and drive measurable community outcomes

Wesley is a technology builder with expertise in data architecture, programming, and full-stack development. With experience supporting innovative systems at organizations such as Deloitte and The Ohio State University, he brings a strong foundation in building scalable, data-driven solutions.

At Hunger Helper, Wesley leads AI development and system architecture, helping design intelligent tools that power meal access, data insights, and platform performance. His work focuses on creating accessible, efficient technology that drives real-world impact.

Julialynne Walker of the Bronzeville Growers Market (the only full service, African American owned and managed farmers market in Central Ohio), the principal facilitator for the Bronzeville Agricademy and Bronzeville Urban Growers; and Garfield Agrihood, and the site manager of the Bronzeville Bethany Community Garden and Mamie Mack Community Garden. She is also a founding member of the Urban Farmers Coalition and serves as a consultant for growing spaces throughout the community.

Julialynne is passionate about food injustice - the connections between healthy food, growing healthy food and marketing healthy food, especially within traditionally African-American communities as an outgrowth of her international public health and African Diaspora work. She appeared as a TEDx presenter on this topic in 2019.

She has facilitated several instructional processes including a  seven month course in urban farming sponsored by USDA/Farm Services Agency that addressed the existence of food deserts in Central Ohio, a six month agriculture and business course and is currently administering a 22 week course in cooperation with Central State University and serves as a mentor to area gardeners (currently 24 family gardens and five community gardens). 

Julia Lynn has served for 3 years as mentor to a Mandela Washington Fellow and as Cohort Champion for the Columbus group. 

JuliaLynme lectures on issues of the African Diaspora and contemporary, especially urban,  farming to colleges and the general community. 

Precious is a an emerging project manager with over 11 years of experience spanning community advocacy, behavioral healthcare, program management, and global health research. She brings a people-centered, equity-driven approach to her work, with a passion for using innovation to create meaningful and lasting change.

She attended Columbia University in New York City, where she further developed her focus on global health and systems-level impact.

AasCo- Founder of Hunger Helper, Precious supports project coordination and program operations, helping to streamline initiatives, strengthen community partnerships, and ensure effective implementation of services that expand access to food resources.