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Salma, Lailoma, Nooria, Wida, Mursal

Our amazing first cohort of Afghan women refugees! These women were the first in a year long project in partnership with Jewish Family Services (JFS) where Project Feast committed to training 15 recent refugees from Afghanistan. JFS provided intake and case management while also offering digital literacy and driving lessons. Concurrently, the women enrolled in…
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Van Nguyen:
Executive Director since 2019

“They’re finding value in their own food, their own stories.”

Rehab Babiker:
Graduate of Project Feast’s first class, catering team cook 2013-2015

“I showed them how to make our traditional food, and others shared, too.”

Veena Prasad:
Project Feast founder
and executive director, 2013-2019

“Food is a way to remember”

Mustafa Al Mustafa:
Owner, Mustafa Syrian Kitchen

“When I went to Project Feast, I learned a lot about the food, people, everything.”

Maria Alvarado and Lupe Olguin:
Friends, classmates, catering partners

“The kind of food we offer is maybe more simple,
but the flavor is more natural.”

Gabriel and Luisa Garcia:
Catering veterans and Project Feast graduates, 2021

“Now, I know I can cook food for 200, 300 people.”

Iryna Mykhalchuk:
One of the first apprentices – and now a sought-after cook and baker

“In a kitchen, to keep your calm, you have to be prepared.”

Maha Hassen:
From shy apprentice to confident, enterprising cook

“All the students here are family.”

Kausar Ahmed:
Project Feast Chef Instructor,
cookbook author, food stylist

“It’s amazing how food can change lives.”