Agricultural Work
Before transitioning into academic research, I worked as a traveling winemaker across five continents—including South Africa, Argentina, Australia, France, and California. This period was defined by sixty-hour work weeks, tossing barrels, driving tractors and fork lifts and operating heavy machinery in the production of wine. During this time I founded the organization Labor and Power. For four years I led university students in the production of social media content contextualizing exploitation and suffering in California’s Industrial agriculture system. After years of fires and job insecurity, and eventually the onset of Covid, I began my academic career in the Anthropology of Food Program at the University of London SOAS where I graduated with honors. Below is a sample of my work-videography, a link to the Labor and Power Social Media and some shots from my time as a winemaker.
