Marie Coronel is the proud daughter of Filipino parents. Marie grew up in South San Diego and graduated from Eastlake High School in Chula Vista.
SAN DIEGO — The Feeding San Diego Market opened in 2022, and two years later, it expanded, giving people more options for everything from canned goods to produce and even meat.
But Rosa didn’t fully realize the significance until he got to college. As a double major at UC San Diego, he’s dealing with his class load, job and internship at Feeding San Diego.He’s constantly looking for ways to save money, one of which is to visit the Feeding San Diego Marketplace in Sorrento Valley.
“ our old marketplace, you could only fit two shoppers at a time," Rosa said."We would be spilling into the parking lot. It would be really uncomfortable, and it really wasn't dignified at all.”
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