Current City: Oakland, CA

Age: 30

Division: Weightlifting, Masters

Years as a Vegan: 19

Why you became a vegan: I became vegan because I saw the connection between those women, myself included, fighting for sexual and reproductive freedoms as well as rights and non humans obvious oppression of them. Deciding I wasn’t ok with this hypocrisy, I decided to become vegan that day and have been since. I do want to say that over the years, my reasoning has shifted. I still very much care about the issues that inspired me in the beginning but the immense environmental degradation that comes from animal agriculture has become a more primary driver then it was back then.

Favorite foods/meals: I am for sure a vegan meat head, so anything with protein stacked on protein. Brunch is for sure the best meal of the day. Chicken and Protein Waffles is my favorite, and I really love a grand slam style plate with pancakes, tofu scramble, vegan bacon and sausage. My comfort food is sushi, though, for sure.

Favorite exercises: Split Snatches. Overhead Squats. Sleds. Deadlifts. Box Squats. Jerks… There is very little I don’t love when it comes to barbells.