Cassandra Malis received a Masters of Arts in food studies from Chatham University in 2016 and now works as a program manager at Chatham’s Center for Regional Agriculture, Food, and Transformation (CRAFT). Within the center, she focuses on managing oral history projects about the region’s baking and grain industry, developing hands-on community and workforce education through a culinary and baking workshop program, managing a campus wood-fired bread oven, developing and managing programming to support a robust regional grain economy, and more. Cassandra is a past professional baker and an avid home-baker, and loves to explore the uses and flavors of locally grown and milled grains.