Vanessa Bonnie Janora, Garden Educator

Vanessa Bonnie Janora has worked as an educator in the WCCUSD for over 20 years. She is passionate about helping kids get on track with healthy eating habits. She has written a nutrition curriculum and teaches her students how to eat all the colors of the rainbow. She loves taking kids out into the garden and having them understand the source of their food and develop ownership in growing their own food and cooking it. Equally important is teaching students how to take care of their bodies with a stretching and body rebalancing program called Essentrics. She is a certified Essentrics Trainer and a Registered Nurse. She serves as a liaison in the district’s Visual and Performing Arts Program.