I was born in Florida to a Spanish mother and Cuban father, and I was speaking both Spanish and English by the time I was three.
At age 7, my parents signed up my sister and me for a summer tennis camp. I didn't think much about sports, but then my older sister started getting more into tennis and I decided I'd give it a shot. After my first lesson, I was hooked! Pretty soon, I outgrew my 1-hour lesson and wanted more training. I met some of my best friends playing tennis, and I met someone else very special... (read on!)
When I was a freshman in college, I read a book that changed how I thought about food and it opened a Pandora's box; I was watching food documentaries, reading all the food books I could, and applied for internships that allowed me to engage in food politics and healthy eating. I embarked on a journey to a 100% plant-based vegan lifestyle; that means no animal products and eating whole foods that have not been minimally processed or refined (fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes). There are infinite plant-based dishes, some that I discovered throughout my college years while cooking different creations for my friends and family and writing a cookbook. People asked me how I had time to cook, play tennis 3 hours a day, and keep up my grades, and the answer is because all three of those things are priorities to me.
Immediately after adopting a plant-based diet, I started seeing significant changes in my game; my energy levels boomed, I started outrunning all of my teammates, and my recovery times were supersonic speed! I remember playing a tournament in college where I played 9 hours of tennis in one day, and the next day we had to get up and play again, and I felt so fresh and strong, and it was the best feeling in the world that I was now in control of my body and how I felt! All of my acne went away, my skin glowed, and I feel so happy to have learned about this lifestyle at an early age.
Pretty soon, I was searching for post-graduate programs that allowed me to pursue this passion even further. I was accepted into New York University's Food Studies Masters program, and I was SO excited! Moving to the Big Apple to study what I loved, I didn't think life could get better.
But then I re-encountered my soulmate, who I had met when we were 17 at a tennis academy in Spain, and it was like time had never passed. Now, we are married and taking on the world together!
I love inspiring and empowering people to live plant-based lifestyles, and that is why I created Carolina Sanchez Food & Lifestyle Consulting. I hope you will find inspiration and from my plant-based recipes, healthy eating tips, reviews of restaurants around the world, and more! I'm always looking to add new content that my readers will enjoy, so if you have any suggestions, drop me a line. I love hearing from my readers!
xoxo Carolina
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