Gena Hamshaw is a certified clinical nutritionist and author of the popular blog Choosing Raw. Her work has been published in O Magazine, VegNews Magazine, Food52,and Whole Living Daily. A former book editor, Gena is currently a pre-medical, post-baccalaureate student. She hopes to bring an integrated and evidence-based approach to a career in health care. […]
Interview Series
Interview Series: Madeline Alcott from Petit Vour
Madeline Alcott is the founder of luxury beauty box company Petit Vour. The Petit Vour box features boutique and high-end vegan brands, and is a subscription service that delivers beauty products right to your door every month. Madeline founded the company because she was frustrated that there wasn’t a collective online source where she could shop for products that met her standards, both ethically […]
Interview Series: Kathy Marino
Kathy Marino is the founder of SunRAWise, The Vegan Cheese Factory, located in Palatka, Florida on The St Johns River. Their facility is a commercial kitchen that exclusively manufactures artisan non-dairy cheeses. Originally from South America, Kathy adopted a plant-based lifestyle in 2007 when she moved to the USA. She started competing in fitness in 2012 as a hobby. […]
Interview Series – Greg Sher from “I Kill Fat”
As vegans, we’ve all heard the question, “Where do you get your protein?” Well, not only do we know the answer to that question, we know that there are plenty of athletes out there who do amazingly well with the vegan lifestyle! I had the opportunity to chat with Personal Trainer Greg Sher, who […]
Interview Series: Elizabeth Castoria
Elizabeth Castoria is a freelance writer and the former editorial director of VegNews Magazine, where she shared the fun, ease, and variety of the vegan lifestyle with readers around the globe. She recently came out with an adorable little book about going vegan called How To Be Vegan. I had the opportunity to chat with […]




