Born and raised

in eastern North Carolina, Fresh started remixing southern culinary traditions as soon as she
could walk and hold a whisk. Transplant to the Midwest, they now call Chicago home. An
engineering and physics nerd turned chef, she has professionally studied cooking in Thailand and the U.S. and
has worked in elite kitchens, including Google and Facebook.

Their community-based edible activism among communities of color, elders, and youth is where her heart most deeply resides. They strive to make nutritious food accessible to all. She provides weekly meals for various non-profits and programs dedicated to increasing food access for the homeless, street youth, and seniors.

Outside of cooking, Fresh is a sex positive fat activist, lover of hip hop, tiny homes, riding their bike ridiculously long distances, and growing their own food.

Chef Fresh is  the founder of Fresher Together LLC. Fresher Together  is a collaborative food project for healing, economic development, training and retreat. They are proud to serve as a board member for Howard Brown Health Center, the board chair for RAD Remedy and formally on the Sage Health Collective Community Advisory Board. They have most recently joined the board of the Chicago Bread Club. Fresh is fighting for accessible quality affirming health care for all centering POC, queer, GNC, trans, and fat folks. She is deeply passionate about food programming being commonplace in health care and health care free of body shaming and honoring the principles of H.A.E.S (Health At Every Size). They have recently left their full time job managing the Fresh Moves Mobile Market to focus on more community collaborations, farming, writing, teaching cooking classes, and creating a web-series and pop up dining experiences in Chicago. She is also currently fascinated with the role food plays in social justice movements and queer community.