We had the good fortune of connecting with Zahrya Geban and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Zahrya, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
I’ve always wanted to be my own boss and make my own rules. I’ve been in the beauty industry for 10 years as a makeup artist but I realized a had another passion as well, which is food. I’ve been vegan for 3 years now, and I never wanted to get bored with the food I ate. So I started to come up with my own recipes and my own versions of things and people would tell me it was good. I started to get more and more into it until I decided I wanted to create a blog and share my ideas with the world. The blog is called PlantThangz and it’s where I share all of my favorite plant based recipes. I’m also working on creating plant based meals to sell to people when they just don’t feel like cooking.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My background is in beauty. I’ve been a makeup artist since I graduated high school and I think that has helped me a lot with cooking. In art you realize that there are no hard rules. It’s made me be creative in my recipes and trying things that I probably wouldn’t think of if I didn’t have that creative mindset. I get super excited when someone that has never tried vegan food before loves my food. I want people to know that there is more to a plant based diet than just eating leaves and figs. It can be fun, and exciting and super delicious!

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I would take them to San Diego. I love the beach and all of the different spots to eat. There is this cute little brunch place out there called Crush where they have awesome food and mimosas. That would be the first stop. We’d also book a day to go kayaking in the ocean. There is sooo much to do in Southern California period, it’s hard to choose just one thing.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My grandmother has been my inspiration for leading a healthier lifestyle. She raised me and she has always been very big on health for as long as I can remember. There isn’t a vegetable I don’t like till this day and that is because of her. She is also very supportive in all that I do and makes me believe that nothing is impossible. She is the one who convinced me to try eating a plant based diet , and I took the reigns after that.

Website: www.plantthangz.com
Instagram: PlantThangz

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Zahrya Geban

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