Holding Earth with Yana Garcia

What We Inherit · Sep 17, 2026 · 18m

What do we inherit from the land—and what are we responsible for leaving behind?

California Environmental Protection Secretary Yana Garcia grew up between Oakland and Mexico, where childhood experiences with family, farming, and changing food systems helped shape her understanding of environmental justice. She joins Priya to talk about following her father into the law, learning to trust her voice in rooms where she was often the only person who looked like her, and working to ensure that a person's race, class, or zip code doesn't determine their access to clean air, clean water, and a…