1955-
Marleny Franco is the founder of the Greater Newark Conservancy. She was executive director of the Conservancy for many years. She was previously director of the Rutgers Urban Gardening Program in Newark.
Marleny was born in Colombia. She lived in Newark from the early 1980s to about 2000. She came to Newark, after attending Rutgers New Brunswick, to direct the Urban Gardening program.
Marleny now works with the LLC Garden the Organic Way and has recently completed a book.
Bibliography
“On the Map” New York Times Aug 29, 1999
“Wards fruitful and multiplying” Star Ledger Jul 28, 1986
“Earth Week Observance” Star Ledger May 9, 1993
Photo credit Queer Newark.
https://gardeningtheorganicway.com/
Johnson, Trudy, “Rutgers brings…” Star Ledger Dec 5, 1983