Lilian Thaoxaochay

Lilian is currently the Disaster Resiliency, Planning, and Policy Advisor for UCCE San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. She originally joined UCANR in 2021 and worked for four years with the UCCE Fresno County Small Farms team where she provided technical assistance for small-scale growers affected by COVID-19 and various extreme weather conditions including drought and flood; assisted with research projects on specialty crop production like long beans, moringa, and jujubes; and provided program support and translation for irrigation efficiency, integrated pest management, and soil health education.

 

Lilian is an anthropologist by training (UCSC, MA 2014; Stanford University, BA 2010). She has a background in community organizing, policy, racial/ethnic health disparities and cultural competency in medical education, curriculum development, the history of agriculture in Southeast Asia, and refugee and im/migrant farming in California. 

 

Her family has a 20-acre farm in Fresno County.