Board Member

Jane was born and raised in the busy world of California's Silicon Valley. Growing up, she spent afternoons after school watching various PBS cooking shows, primarily Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, which sparked her passion for food. This would later lead her to pursue a career in hospitality. After graduating magna cum laude from San Francisco State University with a degree in hospitality management, she started her professional career working in restaurants and corporate services before eventually settling into events and catering.

Her passion for food and hospitality eventually evolved to encompass a larger scope to include food culture and hospitality law, as well as advocacy and justice in food systems. When the pandemic hit, she turned to cooking Filipino food for solace–a homecoming that changed everything. Now, she’s building spaces where Filipino and adjacent cultures’ voices lead in the Portland food scene.