Carla Perez-Gallardo Author

Carla Perez-Gallardo was raised by three Ecuadorian women in Queens, New York, in a home with a busy kitchen. In seventh grade, she started Saborines, a summer pie company named after her grandmother. She graduated from Bard College with a degree in studio arts. Hannah Black, originally from Alabama, graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in painting. She worked at Mission Chinese Food in New York and Hartwood in Tulum, Mexico, before running a food truck in Catskill, New York, serving Vietnamese-inspired flavors with locally sourced ingredients. Wheeler grew up in the Napa Valley, the child of two presbyterian pastors, and graduated from Bard college with a literature degree. They became Lil' Deb's general manager and wine guy in 2017. Meshell Ndegeocello is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and human rights activist based in Hudson, New York. Her most recent album is Ventriloquism.