Hung Kim Doan is a Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor for the University of California, Cooperative Extension and serves the Southern California's Inland Empire, comprised of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Hung graduated from the University of California, Davis with a B.S in biochemistry and molecular biology and subsequently an M.S in plant pathology under the guidance of Dr. Mike Davis working on developing sustainable controls for Fusarium wilt of cotton at UC Davis. Hung completed his Ph.D. degree studying pathogenic Escherichia coli on leafy greens. His research and extension activities are focused on the areas of plant pathology, vegetable and specialty crops production systems, integrated pest management, biological control of pests, water management, soil health, sustainable food systems, and food safety.

Hung Kim Doan, Ph.D
21150 Box Springs Road, Ste 202
Moreno Valley, CA 92557 
Cell: (408) 717-0161

Rose is the Small Farms Community Educator. She is of Honduran and Mexican descent and originally from the Bay Area, transplanted to Southern California to study microbiology and chemistry. She obtained her Bachelor of Science from Cal Poly Pomona followed by work as a Level III medical research laboratory technician and manager in academic settings such as UCSD, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, and University of Southern California. As a backyard grower, Rose’s passion for agriculture led her back to Cal Poly Pomona and to the College of Agriculture. While in graduate school, she worked with school and community gardens. Her master's thesis included the study of pathogenic bacteria in urban farm soil when amended with various raw animal manures and foodborne illness. She was inducted into the Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture and received her Master of Science in Agriculture with an emphasis in Plant Science in May of 2022.

As a first-generation American on her mother’s side, she was told stories of growing and processing food as well as maintaining livestock in Honduras. Her father has memories of working in fruit orchards as a family. These family stories, in addition to her passion for agriculture, motivated her to join the UCCE Small Farms team. She appreciates that in her role as a Small Farms Community Education Specialist she has the opportunity to assist agriculture producers in California, especially BIPOC and disadvantaged farmers.

Rose Ceseña Olivas, MS
Phone: (530) 601-8199
Email: rcolivas@ucanr.edu
Languages: English and Spanish