Sharon Fuller, a life-long resident of Richmond, is the founder and executive director of the Ma’at Youth Academy. This nationally recognized Academy brings curricula that focus on urban ecology and environmental health to public schools in communities of color and low-income areas throughout ...
Read moreSharon Fuller, a life-long resident of Richmond, is the founder and executive director of the Ma’at Youth Academy. This nationally recognized Academy brings curricula that focus on urban ecology and environmental health to public schools in communities of color and low-income areas throughout Contra Costa and Alameda counties. For the past 10 years MYA has linked urban high school students and after school programs to hands-on environmental education and community action. Ms. Fuller has lectured and served as keynote speaker at national environmental justice, education, environmental health and youth conferences. She earned a B.S. degree in Conservation and Resource Studies from UC Berkeley and a M.S. degree in Environmental Education from CSU Hayward. Ms. Fuller is a Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Commissioner and was recently awarded the 2004 Woman of the Year Award for the State of California, 14 th Assembly District and the 2004 San Francisco Foundation’s Koshland Civic Unity Award.
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