Andrés Abea is the quality manager and research and development manager at Fruta Dulce de Costa Rica S.A., a major jam factory in Costa Rica. He participated in the Cornell Alliance for Science Leadership and Grassroots Organizing Short-Course at El Batán, México, in February 2016. Andrés is a licensed food technologist devoted to promoting science-based policymaking with respect to both genetic modified organisms and the larger food system.”