Maia Kaisa Sortor Ballis is an artist, farmer, and one of the founding members, with husband George Ballis and Berge Bulbulian, of National Land for People (NLP). NLP was a group active in Fresno and the Central Valley during the 1970s and 1980s which fought to retain the family farm model of agriculture through political organizing, photography and self-publishing. Ballis’ paintings and collages channel a deep connection between the self, land and environment.

Source: Fresno City College