Growing up vegetarian, Raphaela wanted to combine her love of nature and good food in her future career. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Applied Human Nutrition with aspirations of becoming a registered dietitian. When she worked her first job out of college, she realized that different sectors of the population could not access her services or quality plant-based foods. She wanted to make a larger impact in the health of her clients. A few years later, she met farmer Asa Ysrael and she fell in love with the vision. Raphaela has been successful in writing proposals about the project plans to feed Atlanta which brought the attention of organizations with similar goals and passions.