Welcome to our Roots

Ini Augustine

Ini Augustine is a network engineer, social innovator, and serial entrepreneur. She is the CEO of Technologist Computers, a social enterprise that provides affordable laptops, tech, and tech support to underserved communities and small organizations. Project Nandi, a program of Technologist Computers, provides technical support, laptops, food and broadband assistance to families of color impacted by covid19 & the George Floyd uprisings. Ini is also the founder of the Black Broadband summit, which discusses our shared experiences around lack of access, teaches how the internet works, and synthesizes community led solutions to closing the digital divide in the Twin Cities.

Inie Clement Head Farmer

Inie Clement specializes in the development of affordable housing in poverty-stricken areas. She works to take properties from neighborhood threats to affordable housing. Her areas of expertise include city, state, and housing grants. As a pharmacist, she has worked to create health equity for indigenous reservations of the Navajo and Tohono Nations in Arizona. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences.

Derek Haynes Visiting Trainer

He is a Botanist and the Director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden and the host of The Chocolate Botanist Podcast

Agritech Interns

Dustin Yang

Jayshawn Montgomery