Kanchan Koya combines her doctoral degree in biomedical sciences from Harvard University and her training from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to illuminate the power of spices and food as medicine for vitality and joyful health. Kanchan is the founder and author of Spice Spice Baby, a cookbook and platform that educates the world about the science-backed health benefits of ancient spices and inspires their use by home cooks in simple, delicious ways.

Kanchan is also a health coach, podcast host, and a creator with Buzzfeed Tasty, the largest food network online. When Kanchan isn’t helping people live healthy, long lives filled with delicious food, she is eating said food, running, practicing yoga, or walking around her Brooklyn neighborhood where she lives with her husband and two kids.