Leika Suzumura is a community health advocate specializing in nutrition education and community driven evaluation. She earned her BS in Nutrition from Bastyr University in 2006 and completed her Masters of Public Health at the University of Washington in 2020, specializing in Community Oriented Public Health Practice. She has been working in the Rainier Valley of South Seattle for 15 years, providing experiential opportunities for people to learn and share food traditions that support health, connect us to our community, and honor the land our food comes from. When Leika is not cooking with the community, she can be found playing Capoeira or hosting an event at the Union Cultural Center where she and her husband are the Guardians.