“While I was serving on my town council, I was also volunteering in schools in my community helping to serve free breakfast. I quickly noticed that the same students were coming every day, and they were coming not because they had left the house too quickly and forgotten to eat, but often because there was no food at home.”

American politician

Sara Isher Gideon is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from Freeport, Maine. She served as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and represented the 48th district in the state House. That district included part of Freeport and Pownal in Cumberland County. Her public role has centered on Maine state politics and legislative leadership.