Afterschool gardening grows kids’ interest at Centro Hispano

Kids moving to East Tennessee with their families often come from an agriculture-rich environment. Marlene Cervantes of Centro Hispano explained, “I have kids from Mexico, from Guatemala, from Honduras, from El Salvador , they come from all over, Colombia, you name it.” Afterschool Program Coordinator Lina Camacho studied ecology in Colombia and started with Centro as a volunteer doing environmental education with the kids; children like Jonathan Osorio who proudly showed us his contributions to the garden.