President
SLA
Lynwood, California
Jessie Salazar is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Landscape Architecture program and the founder of SLA, an employment social enterprise that provides landscape training, permanent employment and union sponsorship to at-risk youth in South Central and South East Los Angeles. Graduates of the program go on to install projects designed by landscape architects for public clients such as the Los Angeles Unified School District. Jessie is passionate about social justice and labor and land justice issues within the landscape industry.
Monday, November 14, 2022
9:00am – 11:30am PT