Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy grew up in San Francisco, California, and first went to Cuba in 1992 to conduct research on community gardens. This research eventually led to a Master's degree at the University of Havana, and her thesis, "Cultivating Havana", was published by Food First in 1998. She has organized dozens of exchange projects & US-Cuba collaborations, accompanied Cuban academics & community activists on US speaking tours, and organized research delegations that have taken hundreds of US citizens get to Cuba to see the social and environmental projects of contemporary Cuba for themselves.

Catherine has led a number of Food First's agricultural tours to Cuba. She currently lives in Venezuela.