Meet our Team


  • Founder

  • Garden and Nutrition VISTA

    Kierra is a recent graduate from Northwestern State University with a Degree in Biology. She hopes to use her skills to assist in the Natchitoches community.


  • AmeriCorps VISTA Marketing Coordinator

    Jamaiyah Redmond is a current student at Northwestern State University. There she is earning her Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She plans on owning and operating her own nonprofit organizations back home in St. Louis, Missouri.


  • Grant Writer

    Wanda Brandon is a graduate of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. There she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management. Most of her life she has worked in nonprofit organizations. She is a Certified Grant Writer, a grant reviewer, a member of the American Grant Writer’s Association, and a member of the Grant Professionals Association.

  • Program Administrator

    Al has over 30 years of professional experience. Originally from Natchitoches, Louisiana, he graduated from Natchitoches Central High School before earning his Bachelor's Degree in English and a minor in Kinesiology from Paul Quinn College. He furthered his education with a Master's in Business Management from the University of Phoenix.

  • Administrative Assistant

    Brianca initiated a nonprofit food bank for Southeast Missouri. It remains active and efficiently operational, overseen by the other co-founder.