The Cheesy Vegan is a passionate animal rights activist and social media influencer. In this conversation, we chat about the current role of animal activists, why spreading awareness is so important and how to overcome objections to veganism effectively.

Ben Raue (@plantbasedben) is a certified personal trainer, hypnotherapist and meditation coach. Ben grew up fascinated with nature documentaries which led him to study environmental science at the University of Illinois. Realising his passion was waning, Ben started to focus on different avenues of wellness and personal development like meditation, hypnotherapy and nutrition. After eating a junk food vegan diet for 2 years in his early 40s, Ben committed to prioritising his health and began a 90 day transformation period dropping from 18 to 10% body fat.

Ana Alarcón is an online influencer and fitness instructor. Ana is passionate about good food, fitness and all-things travel and shares her journey on YouTube and her blog. Ana and her partner, Matt, recently started their van life adventure, travelling across the globe and exploring what the world has to offer.

Dr. Kasey Johnson is a chiropractor, podcaster and plant-based influencer. Kasey completed her bachelors degree in Exercise Physiology at the University of West Virginia with the aim of helping others improve their health. Kasey started working as a chiropractor prior to launching the successful Unlock Wellness podcast, which now has nearly 200 episodes to date.

Jacob McGinness is a plant-based accredited dietitian and personal trainer based in Melbourne, Australia. For the last few months, Jacob has been very active online and has been creating a bunch of content on his social media accounts and performing personalised consultations, highlighting the health benefits of a vegan diet.

Johnny Lozano is a long-time skateboarder and new entrepreneur. Johnny is a former corporate attorney that put his career on the back burner to focus his efforts on giving back to the skateboarding community by way of a successful plant-based blog, Salad Grinds & Bean Plants and newly developed range of energy bars called FlatBar.

Seeking Jess is a plant-based influencer with a bachelors degree in Business Management and Marketing. Jess is a social media influencer that produces a tonne of content on all Instagram and YouTube about veganism, nutrition, cooking and personal development. Jess quit her successful marketing job in order to follow her true passion and focus all of her attention and efforts on plant-based nutrition.

Drew Trott is a qualified plant-based nutritionist and podcaster. Being exposed to the concept of veganism and conscious eating through punk rock and skateboard culture, Drew followed his passion for health and nutrition from high school through to university. After realising a career in biology was not where his heart was he took a leap of faith and focused his attention on nutrition and has never looked back. Drew now creates podcasts, videos and blogs about how to eat a healthy, sustainable diet as well as offering personal and customised nutrition consultations, meal plans and transition services.

Sonya Looney is a world champion mountain bike and motivational speaker. Sonya races all over the world in endurance mountain biking events, has a successful podcast and even has a TED Talk under her belt. Sonya is a very passionate and determined athlete and fuels herself solely on a plant-based diet.

Hannah Jo is an online influencer and passionate plant-based mother. Growing up, Hannah suffered from a number of irritable symptoms ranging from acne to constant strep throat and dental decay. Trying to reclaim her health, Hannah swapped her bone broths for juicing and lost 40 lbs in her first month - she eventually lost 85 lbs in total and overcame all of her debilitating issues. Hannah now helps other mothers online and helps them to fuel thriving plant-based families.