So, the first route I proposed was yoga and I found my practice. It healed me. It grounded me. And it will forever inspire me to go deeper.

My day-to-day life has always revolved around food. My next meal is always well thought out in advance, but I was naive to the true value of food and its intention. While juggling a full-time job and part-time Master’s program, I inadvertently became a vegetarian. The more vegetables I ate, the better I felt, and it got me curious. Queue route number two: a plant-based diet.

When I should have been researching business principles and strategies, I was staring off into the open road of food. After watching What the Health on Netflix, a plant-based diet started as a test to myself to see if I “could”, and I still am. Plant-based became a lifestyle, and for me, much different than vegan. It is rooted in the sustainable, nutritional value of plants rather than alternatives. I gained my sense of direction from valuing plants as our organic fuel source rather than just avoiding animal products.