Micaela Lipman is a PhD student at the University at Buffalo with expertise in anti-adultism, feminist planning and food system planning. Lipman works in academia to explore creative solutions where adolescent programming, food policy, social justice, and community organizing meet. Micaela pursues innovative methodologies that cross the quantitative-qualitative divide. Lipman serves as a Teaching Assistant while completing her doctorate. Her students give her rave reviews and regularly comment on their appreciation for the time Micaela takes to connect and provide guidance. While not teaching, writing, or in class, Micaela works as the Program Co-Coordinator of the High Road Fellowship Program at Cornell University. As Program Co-Coordinator, Micaela supervises Cornell undergraduates during their summer placements at internships in Buffalo, New York and provides Fellows with trainings, seminars, and group programming focused on listening to community needs and developing research and organizing skills. Prior to moving to Buffalo, New York, Micaela was a Research Analyst at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. There she worked on impact evaluations, systematic literature reviews, and community planning processes. At the Urban Institute, Micaela developed a reputation for excelling at community engaged methods and interdisciplinary work. Prior to her work at the Urban Institute, Micaela lived in Pichincha, Ecuador learning to farm and serving as the International Program Director at a regional agro-ecological  school. In her free time, Micaela enjoys making art, specifically ceramics, acrylic paint collages, and fiber arts. Micaela also enjoys building community at her housing co-op by gardening with neighbors and playing board games with friends.