Nicknamed "The Crazy Banana Lady," Victoria Everett is the editor of FueledByFruit.org. She offers consultations on a raw food diet. Victoria lives in Austin, Texas.
Cassandra Glynn Kutner gave up hope when a doctor told her she was going to be in a wheelchair in 10 years after diagnosing her with multiple sclerosis. She went on 15 medications and was bedridden, but something told her to never give up, and she caught a second wind. Cassandra went vegan in 2009 to lose weight and adopted a low-fat raw food diet in 2014, inspired by The 80/10/10 Diet.
Jason Kvestad has enjoyed his adventure to a fruit-powered lifestyle, from eating a typical pyramid-scheme diet in the cold climate of Minnesota to living in the tropics and starting a fruitarian, raw vegan community in Ecuador called Terra Frutis.
A plant-based vegan, Alan Ritter is interested in understanding social systems and in understanding the core of the present one. His primary education ended with a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and he held employment at a small defense contractor in Princeton, New Jersey, for nine years.
Conor McMillen is a therapist, health coach and organizer of the Fruit Winter Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand. His work focuses on healing the emotional as well as the physical body. Explore his HandyManBananas and Conor McMillen YouTube channels as well as his HandyManBananas page and personal page on Facebook.com.
Joy "PapayaJoy" King is a professional free spirit. Starting her career as a CPA, she decided living outside of the box was much more meaningful for her. She has spent most of her life studying health and human body functioning. She is currently in the process of creating an affordable healing center focused on natural healing. She shares her journey through her YouTube channel, PapayaJoy.
Cyrus Khambatta earned his Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from U.C. Berkeley and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 22 and has spent the past 11 years of his life studying pancreatic islet cell failure and insulin resistance. Often described as enthusiastic and passionate about nutrition and exercise, Cyrus works with clients across the globe through Mangoman Nutrition and Fitness coaching to teach the principles of attaining top-notch blood-sugar control by reversing the root cause of diabetes—insulin resistance—instead of just treating the symptoms of high blood sugar. He recently published the Carbohydrate Ninja Recipe Guide.
Moein Ghahremani Nejad is a raw vegan from Iran and living in Malaysia. He is the author of Rethink Your Diet and editor of VeganIdealWorld.com.