Tashanda Giles-Jones

Teacher, Environmental Charter Middle School, Inglewood; nonprofit, Kiss The Ground

Teacher at Environmental Charter Middle School in Inglewood and the nonprofit Kiss the Ground.

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“In one teaspoon of soil, you can have millions of microbes present.

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“In one teaspoon of soil, you can have millions of microbes present.

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