Extension
It Starts With Us
Family and Consumer Science
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
local food systems
Nutrition Education Program
nutrition
cooking
LaToya Drake, a Barren County Kentucky Native, is currently employed by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service with Kentucky’s Nutrition Education Program. LaToya holds a Master of Science in Integrative and Functional Nutrition (Saybrook University, CA) and received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Louisville. She has held a variety of titles in her long career in public service, including residential counselor, dependency case manager, substance abuse counselor, service coordinator, Extension Agent, and most recently Program Coordinator for the KY NEP. Much of her career has been focused on getting folks fed. Whether that be working in food service, cooking meals for residents at youth facilities, organizing a community garden, or educating folks on proper use in her role as a food educator.
In addition to her role as Program Coordinator, LaToya serves on the Feeding America Kentucky Heartland Board, Community Farm Alliance Board, Barren River Area Safe Space Board, and the Mammoth Cave Biosphere Region Advisory Council. LaToya believes that all community members deserve access to fresh and healthy food. Her current efforts in the community focus on promoting local foods, sustainable agriculture, and nutrition education.
