Farmworkers harvesting summer squash in Costa Rica
Food Systems and Sustainability Lab

Galt Lab

Fiorella Loli

Fiorella Loli

Smiling young woman in striped halter top sitting cross-legged before a magenta door.

Ph.D. Student

Fiorella Loli is a Ph.D. Student in Geography at UC Davis. Fiorella’s experience has been focused on public policy, project management, and research in rural development, family farming, mining, and sustainability. Her research interests are family farming, agroecological settings, food systems, and extension modes in Latin America. Fiorella was born and raised in Lima, Peru, where she earned a B.A. in Sociology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to pursue an M.A. in International Affairs with a concentration in Agricultural Policy from The Pennsylvania State University.  She enjoys reading, listening to music, traveling, and hanging out with her friends.

Fiorella is also an Associate Researcher at the Centro Bartolomé de las Casas. She is currently working with the Indigenous communities of the Piuray Basin, in Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru.

Who we are

We are a group of researchers looking at how to make agriculture and food systems more just and sustainable. We study the ways that political, economic, and social structures influence the resiliency and fairness of our food systems throughout the value chain from production to consumption. Our work has a particular emphasis on California and Latin America.