Rachel Laryea is the founder and CEO of Kelewele, a food service and cultural lifestyle brand reimagining plantains in its mission to connect the African diaspora through food, culture and innovation. 

She is also a dual Ph.D. candidate at Yale University studying Black capitalists in the transAtlantic financial industry.

Find Kelewele online:
Website: Kelewelenyc.com
Linktree sites: https://linktr.ee/kelewelenyc
Cookbook (A Plantain Love Story - available on Amazon)

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