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Roz Brooks obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1990 and completed her Masters Degree in Education from the same university in 2003.

“For the past 8 years I have been supporting women of color as well as the low income community at large with improving all aspects of their health. After being donated 5 acres of barren land in 2010, I set out to create Las Vegas’ first public community garden. Through that project I have taught hundreds of local residents how to grow their own food and have had over 400 people go through my 12 week health and nutrition class, including a couple of physicians. 

CVS Health Report

May 27,2021

 

 

I became a certified Medical Missionary and Wellness Coach in 2014, learning all about how to improve health in the body according to Scriptural Based principles. It is this information that I learned, that has helped over 400 people improve their knowledge of health and nutrition, overcome obesity, reduce diabetes and high blood pressure health markers, reduce stress levels, pass this knowledge down to others in their family, and have an overall more positive outlook on their life and their health.

I have extensive experience in this field having also been contracted by our local government entity to conduct Wellness Classes for government employees. This was done at four locations: Regional Justice Courthouse; McCarran Airport; Water Authority; and the County Government building. My team and I conducted weekly classes at each location during a six-month employee wellness program they received funding for. I not only have the experience, but the capability to truly change the trajectory of health in the minority community. I have published a book called Natural Remedies, recipes that will assist your efforts to care for your body in the most natural way using ingredients from nature.”

ACHIEVEMENTS & MEDIA FEATURES

Public Speaking Engagements:

2018 – Dignity Health Event, Las Vegas, NV

2018 – Simply Put Radio Podcast, Las Vegas, NV

2017 – The Chew Talk Show

2015 – Keynote Speaker at Volkswagen Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV

2014 – Keynote Speaker at Pillsbury Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV

2014 – Speaker at Africa Health Summit in Ghana Africa

Honors:

2017 – Awarded a $500,000 grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The funding comes from the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program which provides a  “Matching Food incentive” for families on SNAP.

2018 – Awarded $100,000 from Dignity Health Hospital“ to launch a mobile farmers market in the city of Henderson

2018 – Selected as a Shea Moisture Brand’s “Power Player 2018″

2016 – Selected as Las Vegas’ Citizen of the Month for June

2014 – Selected for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Heartbeat of the Community Award

2011 – Community Partners for Better Health, Health Advocate Award

2011 – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. And Theta Theta Omega Chapter, Community Service Global Leadership

 

 

 

Positions and Employment:

Mobile Garden Market

Owner And Creator, Healthy Creations, Las Vegas, NV

Founder And Director Of Non-Profit, Together We Can, Las Vegas, NV

Owner, K&K Mobile Oil And Lube, Las Vegas, NV

Adjunct Professor, Touro Medical School, Las Vegas, NV

2001 – 2008 Clark County School District, Licensed Educator, Las Vegas, NV

1995 – 2008 Owner, K&K Construction Cleanup, Las Vegas, NV

Media Features:

  1. Rosalind Brooks, Vegas Roots Community Garden | Grist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdaL8frHj44

  1. Las Vegas woman’s desert farm gets her invited on national talk show

https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-woman-s-desert-farm-gets-her-invited-on-national-talk-show

  1. City Beat – ROZ BROOKS OF VEGAS ROOTS ON THE CHEW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSpwC9NBUBQ

  1. City Beat _ ROZ BROOKS OF VEGAS ROOTS ON THE CHEW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brw1ypP3T2U

  1. Pioneering A Community Garden in Vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkUsO2qBDbI

  1. The Chew Visits Vegas Roots Community Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7acdtWvDZY

  1. East at Home Gardening Tips on The Chew!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nCyGmdO_CE

  1. Desert Garden featured on The Chew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thM0Ilr8I8w

  1. 2014 Landscape Award Winner – Community Garden Award: Vegas Roots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2fsYvcDZ8A

  1. 5-acre community garden in Las Vegas is thriving in the desert

https://www.aol.com/video/view/5-acre-community-garden-in-las-vegas-is-thriving-in-the-desert/5bb9946690143775b4ceade5/

 

Article Headlines:

  1. A Community Garden Takes Root

Rosalind Brooks plants a garden in the desert and fosters a new generation of urban farmers

https://vegasseven.com/2016/04/21/roots-in-the-community/

  1. A Las Vegas community garden beats the odds

https://grist.org/cities/a-las-vegas-community-garden-beats-the-odds/

  1. Mobile farmers market receives grant to spread to Henderson

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/henderson/mobile-farmers-market-receives-grant-to-spread-to-henderson/

  1. West Las Vegas group converts vacant lot of land to community garden

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/22/community-garden-sprouts/

  1. Vegas Roots & Cultivating Community

https://www.zappos.com/beyondthebox/vegas-roots

  1. Roots of Success Take Hold in Nevada

https://campaignforaction.org/roots-success-take-hold-nevada/

  1. Urban Farming in Downtown Las Vegas

https://foodtank.com/news/2015/11/urban-farming-in-downtown-las-vegas/

  1. Coaxed from the urban core by sheer will and plenty of sweat, Community Garden Vegas Roots just won’t stop bloomin

https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2016/apr/21/vegas-roots-community-garden-nonprofit/#/0

  1. Garden, market aim to provide food, connection for under-served neighbourhood

https://news3lv.com/news/local/garden-market-aims-to-provide-food-connection-for-under-served-neighborhood

  1. Vegas Roots Garden Launches A Farmers Market Food Truck

https://knpr.org/knpr/2016-07/vegas-roots-garden-launches-farmers-market-food-truck

  1. Vegas Stripped: Making the valley a little more green

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/vegas-stripped-making-the-valley-a-little-more-green-video/

  1. Despite adverse weather conditions and a transient population, a garden sprouts in a desert

https://nationswell.com/las-vegas-garden-thrives-despite-weather-population/

  1. Local Food Movement Growing

https://greendream.biz/2014/11/local-food-movement-growing/

  1. WELL WOMEN OF COLOR | Rosalind Brooks

https://lasvegasblackimage.com/2017/01/well-women-of-color-rosalind-brooks-2/

Additional Information:

2016 – Present Contributing Health Column Writer, Publication “Black Image Magazine”

2015 – 2017 Contributing Health Column Writer, Publication “The Urban Voice”

Published Author: Book of Natural Remedies.

 

In this book, you will find recipes that will assist your efforts to care for your body in the most natural way using ingredients from nature. Using food as your medicine bypasses the traditional side effects that you get with pharmaceutical medications as you begin to care for your body in the most natural ways. You will also get instructions on how to grow the plant that’s good for that remedy making the healing of your body a truly holistic experience.