Los Angeles-based DJ Valida, known for her love of disco and house, has been a KCRW music host since 2010. With over two decades of experience, she has organized iconic LA dance parties, including “Desert Nights,” a tribute to the 60s and 70s Laurel Canyon music...
Babette Davis is a renowned plant-based chef, fitness enthusiast, and motivational speaker from Inglewood, CA. She founded “Stuff I Eat,” her community's first plant-based restaurant, in the early 2000s, attracting visitors globally. Originally a hairstylist, Babette...
Gene Baur is co‑founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, and has been hailed as “the conscience of the food movement” by TIME magazine. He was a pioneer in undercover investigations and instrumental in passing the first U.S. laws to ban inhumane factory farming...
Dr. Shabnam Islam is a certified exercise physiologist, speaker, and former Professor of Kinesiology who has dedicated her career to building healthier campus communities for over the last decade. She now serves as the Academic Director of Greener by Default, a...
A Southern Chef at heart, Chris’s vegan journey began when he discovered making beautiful baked goods and succulent meals could be achieved without harming animals. Chris’s menus range from dessert spreads of perfectly balanced buttercreams slathered atop...
