Javier Guerrero
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Javier Guerrero, president and CEO of Coastal Roots Farm, recently received the 2021 Fran Aleshire Leadership Award during Cal State San Marcos’ annual Report to the Community. The Leadership North County Alumni Network presents the award each year to a graduate of the program who shows great leadership, in the spirit of community leader Fran Aleshire. Individuals are nominated by their peers. Coastal Roots Farm, 441 Saxony Road, is a nonprofit Jewish community farm and education center, and Guerrero has built a team focused on equitable educational programming for community youths from disadvantaged schools and other schools. He introduced internships and after-school programs, and oversaw a 35 percent increase in food production to distribute annually to more than 30,000 residents in need. Guerrero was appointed president and CEO of Coastal Roots Farm in November. Before that, he was the organization’s executive director for 21/2 years. Visit