April Dodd began her culinary career at Middlebury College, where she discovered a love for nourishing people while supporting local economies through food. Since then, her cooking pursuits have included managing the college's food preservation program; working in a bakery in France; developing recipes and teaching baking classes for a cupcake shop; founding a culinary skills training program in Nairobi, Kenya; a stint as the chef at a women-only retirement community in her hometown of Lexington, KY; and working as a consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. She is thrilled to be back in the kitchen as Milk Street's Associate Director of Education.