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
food access and equity
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 Extension Specialist for Food Access and Equity for the KY Nutrition Education Program. Much of her career has been focused on getting folks fed. Whether 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 Extension Specialist, LaToya serves on the Feeding America Kentucky Heartland Board, Community Farm Alliance Board, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky 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 food access, local foods, sustainable agriculture, and nutrition education.
