Maddie Tran is a 21 year old UCI student who has lived in Irvine, CA her entire life. Her parents are both immigrants from Vietnam and Korea respectively, but moved to Irvine in their high school years and remained here ever since. She’s passionate about her work in social media marketing, promoting healthy lifestyles, staying active, and spending quality time with my friends and family. As part of her project, Madison created a video on the FRESH Basic Needs Hub, which provides a food pantry, food vouchers, emergency grants, social worker consultations, and other services to UCI students. Maddie’s video was featured in FRESH’s 2021 Giving Day campaign, which raised over $11,000 to support the Farm-to-FRESH voucher program. For more information about FRESH and its programs, please visit https://basicneeds.uci.edu/.

“UCI Student’s Guide to Achieving Food Security,” March 9th, 2021