Michelle Moon came to Slow Food via an interest in food and regional culture, cultivated in the kitchens and gardens of a family with roots spreading from Texas to Providence, Ireland to Italy. A lifelong educator, she develops cultural programming for museums, currently overseeing interpretation and evaluation at the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. A co-founder and former co-leader of Slow Food Seacoast 2006-2009 and co-regional governor of Massachusetts from 2010-2016, she enjoys shaping educational events that bring New England food traditions into the 21st century. Her approach of linking food to historic interpretation led her to author the books Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites and Public History and the Food MOvement: The Missing Ingredient (with co-author Cathy Stanton). At the rare times when she is not thinking about food, Michelle’s vision for a nation and region built of interconnected, vibrant local cultures finds her involved across the community, in projects as diverse as shoreline protection, local media, and local music.