Meet Tracye McQuirter, MPH, a visionary leader. She’s a vegan activist, best-selling author, award-winning public health nutritionist, international speaker, and vegan trailblazer. In January, Tracye was featured in the Netflix docuseries “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.” The New York Times has cited her work as a critical factor driving the rise in veganism among African Americans, the fastest-growing vegan demographic in the U.S. Tracye founded 10 Million Black Vegan Women and was an advisor for the Black Women’s Health Imperative and Spelman College. That’s all? Certainly not. Tracye co-created the free African American Vegan Starter Guide, with nearly 500,000 copies ordered. She directed the first federally funded vegan nutrition program in the U.S., the Vegetarian Society of DC Eat Smart program. She has received the Compassionate Vegan Living Award from Farm Sanctuary and was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame.