Nando Jaramillo grows heirloom corn in Vermont using regenerative farming practices. He uses the corn to make masa for arepas and empanadas, which he sells throughout Vermont's Upper Valley.

ECOS is a rite of passage for Springfield Public School children, where 60% of the student population is Latino. The nature program teaches students about everything from the water cycle to how to build a shelter.

Heather Flor Cron grew up in Portland, Maine, feeling like an outsider because she was part of a multicultural family. But she decided to stay, and those roots have deepened through her work farming and providing for the Latinx community around her.