Natasha Kyssa has been a raw vegan for almost 25 years. She worked as a fashion model in Asia and Europe for ten years, then gave it up to live on her own in Southeast Asia for another two. When she returned to North America, she became a raw vegan and worked in the natural health care industry before becoming a raw foods entrepreneur. She runs SimplyRaw, a healthy lifestyles consulting company, and SimplyRaw Express, a vegan restaurant in Ottawa, where she lives. Her first book, The SimplyRaw Living Foods Detox Manual, was published by Arsenal in 2009.