Eat What The Sun Grows

Raised in a meat-rich

Mexican culture, she successfully shed more than 50 pounds by adopting a

plant-based diet upon graduating from college. She is a passionate evangelist

about problems with the SAD (standard American diet) and its relation to

health problems, especially in the Latino culture. After completing a

degree in marketing communications, Vanessa became a model and beauty pageant

contestant, and served as the Miss Illinois Latina pageant’s health

coach for the 2013 competition. She has been featured in the Chicago Sun

Times, “Latina” and “All You” Magazine. In 2013, she launched her

Website, “Eat What the Sun Grows,” which provides an educational and

inspirational resource for all things plant-based with a Latino twist. It also

provides an important way to dialogue with other young men and women

looking to change more than just their pant size!