Caroline fidanzato

Executive Director Caroline’s first passion is cooking meals with home-grown foods and sharing that garden-to-kitchen knowledge with others is her second. She graduated from the Evergreen State College focusing on food accessibility, culinary literacy, and trauma-informed nutrition. Her mission is to decolonize nutrition education. She strives to promote community through creating safe spaces for youth to learn about food / body / mind connections while cooking culturally responsive meals. When she’s not in a garden or cooking with friends, she’s hiking with her dog, playing music, or working on projects. Her favorite vegetable snack is radishes with salted butter.

dana tillman

Dana works full-time as a CTE Science teacher in the Shelton School District while also working diligently to build a productive, sustainable homestead on the land she stewards with her family here in Mason County. She previously served on the board of HOPE and recently joined our staff as a program facilitator. Dana believes that all of our Mason County community members can grow to be self-confident, capable citizens, with the right holistic support and knowledge. Every person is born as a unique individual with their very own superpower; Dana’s goal is to nurture their curiosity so they can realize how powerful they really are. She admires the mission of this organization and looks forward to guiding the youth of HOPE Garden Project as they learn about the importance of good food, land stewardship, and community building.