Benny Westcott
New Sweet Home School District Nutrition Services Director Amber Walker has worked in the kitchen since 2013, but her family has an even longer association with local palates: her mother, Kathleen Rivas, who spent 35 years with the district as a baker and taught her daughter everything she knows.
“We have a big family, so we always get together, and food is always the main thing,” Walker said. “I knew the basics of…