1. Lauren T Ornelas is an American animal rights advocate for more than 20 years and is the founder of the Food Empowerment Project.
13 Facts About Lauren Ornelas
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Lauren Ornelas attended Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio from 1984 to 1988.
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Lauren Ornelas received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St Edward's.
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Lauren Ornelas continued her work for animals while attending university and eventually became the National Coordinator for In Defense of Animals.
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Lauren Ornelas worked for In Defense of Animals from 1995 to 1999.
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In 2003, Lauren Ornelas appeared at the annual shareholder meeting of Whole Foods Market and spoke about the treatment and the lives of the ducks that were killed to be sold in Whole Foods stores.
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Lauren Ornelas was one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism by Mark Hawthorne.
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Lauren Ornelas later married Hawthorne; they live in northern California.
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Lauren Ornelas wrote a chapter of Lisa Kemmerer's 2011 anthology Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice.
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In California's 2008 Proposition 2 campaign, Lauren Ornelas was the Santa Clara County director of the YES ON 2 campaign.
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Lauren Ornelas was Campaigns Director for Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition from March 2007 to July 2013.
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Lauren Ornelas gave a talk on "The Power of Our Food Choices" at TEDxGoldenGatePark in San Francisco on October 9,2013.
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Lauren Ornelas appeared in the 2014 documentary film, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret.