Mackenzie Feldman graduated from UC Berkeley in 2018. She is passionate about many aspects of the food system, including food policy, sustainable agriculture, and issues involving labor rights and the corporate control of the food system. At UC Berkeley, Mackenzie competed on the Beach Volleyball team, taught an Entrepreneurship Speaker Series class at the Haas School of Business, and was the UC Global Food Initiative Student Ambassador for UC Berkeley. As chair of the Undergraduate Berkeley Food Institute Advisory Council, Mackenzie focused on fostering connections between food groups and collaborating in joint events in order to help build an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food system community on campus. She is currently working to extend a campaign that she started while an undergraduate to ban the use of herbicides on the UC Berkeley campus.