Staff
Our Fabulous Team
Katrin Dougherty
Program Director & Compost Queen
Katrin oversees the YouthSource program, including the Supa Fresh Youth Farm. Katrin co-founded the Supa Fresh Youth Farm in 2009 with Mia Bartlett to provide a safe-haven worksite and training ground to prepare youth interns to enter the workforce and to qualify for more advanced internships. She has over 17 years of experience teaching and empowering youth and has been gardening since she could walk.
She loves her work at the farm because not only does she get to lead and empower amazing young people to be successful in their careers and their lives, she also gets to grow delicious food for the community.
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank
Dixie is from a shelter in Washington and has worked at the farm nearly all of her life, since 2010. Dixie lives with her best friends, Katrin and her husband, Matt (aka Neptune), when she’s not at the farm. Dixie has an exceptionally calm and sweet personality and so she was recommended by her favorite vet to become a therapy animal. Dixie is a calming and positive force among the farm crew–she is very good at making people feel happy.
“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” ~Gilda Radner
Dixie Mattress Dougherty-Warnike
Therapist, Dog
Jonathan Landolfe
Sustainable Agriculture Teacher
Jon is from Detroit, Michigan and went to college in Denver, Colorado at Regis University. After college, Jon volunteered for 2 years with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Belize, working with incarcerated youth at the Belize Central Prison and that’s when he started farming. Jon enjoys working with youth and gardening, and with all his experiences he was a perfect fit for the team. Outside of working at YouthSource he is involved with the L’Arche community for people with and without developmental disabilities. When he’s not volunteering he is an outdoor enthusiast, rock climber, and cyclist.
“Some believe it is only GREAT POWER that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” ~Gandalf
Growing up in Southern California, Shea was instilled with an appreciation for gardening and the outdoors that has turned into a personal and professional passion. Graduate school at Portland State University brought her to the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her husband and a sassy chihuahua named Papa. She is honored to be a part of the Supa Fresh team, as she loves working with such a dedicated staff and inspiring youth crew. Outside of work, she can mostly be found geeking out about flowers, enjoying old timey hand crafts, annoying aforementioned chihuahua, and alternating between snacking and napping.
“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” -T.S. Eliot
Shea De Leon
Youth Farm Coordinator