Phyllis Robinson has over 25 years experience working for and with producer, consumer, worker, and immigrant cooperatives; in the U.S. and internationally. She lived in El Salvador from 1992 - 1997, supporting community development projects and training cooperative members. In 2002, she joined Equal Exchange as Producer Relations Coordinator and later, Education and Campaign Coordinator, managing the organization's Small Farmer Big Change blog. Leaving Equal Exchange in 2018, she spent the past two years working with immigrant cooperatives in NYC. She is now back in Boston sheltering in place.