Benjamin Miller is a chef and farmer living in southwest Philadelphia. He was the co-founder of the award-winning restaurant South Philly Barbacoa. In 2020, Ben co-founded The People's Kitchen Philly, providing over 200,000 free nutritious meals to neighbors. He was a founding member of the Masa Cooperativa and enjoys working cooperatively in all parts of the process from seed to masa.

Jennifer Lee is a teacher, advocate, and child of immigrants. She has spent her career representing immigrant workers who face exploitation and collaborates with immigrant communities on issues like ICE enforcement and immigration detention. Since 2013, Jennifer has run the Social Justice Lawyering Clinic at Temple Law School. She is excited about being part of Masa Cooperativa, which is focused on shared ownership with immigrant workers.

Carmen Guerrero is originally from Mexico and is indigenous Maya-Azteca. She is a human rights and environmental activist and community organizer. Since 2020, she has been a certified by the T. Collin Campbell Center of Nutrition Studies as a nutritionist. Corn is not only an important food source for her ancestors of her native homeland but also more generally of vital importance for humanity. She is a member of Masa Cooperativa because of her love of mother earth and the goal of working towards the sustainable ways of eating that her ancestors developed.

Lesly Lopez is originally from Guatemala. Since she was little, corn was a central part of her life from its cultivation and harvest to cooking tortillas, atole, and quesadillas. She learned from her father how to cultivate corn on the farm. At the age of 12, she learned how to make tortillas by hand. For Lesly, passing on this ancestral tradition to current generations is a way to give them the tools to live healthy and happily. For this reason, she is proud to be a member of Masa Cooperativa.

Roxana Amaya is originally from Honduras. She is from Tegucigalpa and recently graduated from high school at the Franklin Learning Center. She has been cooking since she was 12 years old and has been working in restaurants for the past 4 years. Since she was little, she has been making tortillas. She is excited to be a member of Masa Cooperativa and to be a business owner.