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Helen Trejo

Helen Trejo

Associate Professor

Department of Apparel Merchandising and Management, Huntley College of Agriculture

Email

hxtrejo@cpp.edu

Phone number

(909) 869-5151

Office location

Building 45: Room 251

Office hours

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Research

Teaching Case Studies

  • Herzog, M. & Trejo, H.X. (2025). Sustainable printing: Exploring methods to optimize small-scale apparel production. Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Brown, B. & Trejo, H.X. (2023). The North Face and regenerative agriculture: Paving a path to reduce carbon emissions. Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases. London: Bloomsbury.

Mentored Teaching Case Studies

  • Villanueva, I., & Hernandez, J. (2025). Sustainable innovation: Integrating zero-waste design and 3D virtual prototyping at Target’s Universal Thread. Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases. London: Bloomsbury.

 

Research Publications

  • Trejo, H.X. (2024). Personal Protective Equipment for minoritized US agricultural farmworkers: Community-based efforts during the pandemic and implications for extension. Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 12(3), 14.
  • Trejo, H.X., Trejo, N.K. & Lewis, T.L. (2024). Sustaining natural dye plants with post-consumer textile waste. AATCC Journal of Research, 11(3), 194-207. 
  • Trejo, H.X., Burks, F., Vargas, J. & Villanueva, I. (2023). Supporting US rare sheep farms: A fashion accessory and marketing strategy. Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion Industry,15(3), 373-400.
  • Wu, Y. Trejo, H.X., Chen, G., Li, S. (2021). Phytoremediation of contaminants of emerging concern from soil with industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.): A review. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23, 14405–14435.
  • Trejo, H.X., & Lewis, T.L. (2020). Exploring New York raw fiber-to-retail. Local Economy, 35(8), 787-807.
  • Li, S., Chan, C.Y, Sharbatmaleki, M., Trejo, H.X., & Delagah, S. (2020). Engineered biochar production and its potential benefits in a closed-loop water-reuse agriculture system. Water, 12(10), 2847.
  • Trejo, H.X., Lewis, T.L., & Arellanes, D.E. (2020). Setting the scene for slow fashion: Digital explorations of New York’s fiberscape. Journal of Fashion Style, & Popular Culture, 7(2-3), 281-295
  • Trejo, H.X., Smith, H.A., Trejo, N.K., & Lewis, T.L. (2019). Made in New York: A collaborative model to encourage slow fashion. Clothing & Textiles Research Journal, 37(3), 139-154.
  • Trejo, H.X., & Lewis, T.L. (2018). Seeing raw fibers: Collaborating with fiber farmers to develop tacit knowledge in a fiber sorting, grading, and classing apprenticeship. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 6(2), 163-183.
  • Trejo, H.X., & Lewis, T.L. (2017). Slow fashion fiber farming: Nexus for community engagement. Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion Industry, 9(1), 120-142.
  • Lewis, T.L., Park, H., Netravali, A.N., & Trejo, H.X. (2017). Closing the loop: A scalable zero-waste model for apparel reuse and recycling. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 10(3), 353-362.
  • Trejo, H.X. (2016). STUDY NY’s domestic organic cotton farm-to-fashion supply chain. In J.H. Hancock II, T.L. Lewis, & N. Wyatt (Eds.), Cotton: Companies, fashion and the fabric of our lives (pp. 50–57). Chicago, IL: Intellect.
  • Park, H., Trejo, H.X., Miles, M., Bauer, A., Kim, S., & Stull, J. (2015). Impact of firefighter gear on lower body range of motion. International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, 27(2), 315-334.