Laura Acuña-Maldonado

PSA Spanish-Language Extension Associate, Food Science, Cornell AgriTech

Studio portrait of Laura Acuna Maldonado

Based in Horseheads, New York

Laura is a Spanish-language Extension Associate for the Produce Safety Alliance. She offers support for growers, educators, and regulatory officials to ensure GAPs and FSMA regulation and outreach is available to Spanish speaking communities, domestically and internationally. Laura has edited and translated to Spanish several food safety educational materials, and collaborated in the official translation of the FSMA Produce Safety Rule.

Education

Laura received her B.S. in Agronomy from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Campus Monterrey, Mexico; her Master of Science degree in Horticulture from Oklahoma State University; and her Ph.D. in Horticulture from Cornell University.

Contact Information

Cornell University Food Research Laboratory
665 W. North Street
Geneva, NY 14456

(607) 882-5635

lea6 [at] cornell.edu

Additional Links
- Produce Safety Alliance
- Spanish Produce Safety Alliance Website

Laura Acuña-Maldonado

Contact Information

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