JL Fields is a vegan cook, lifestyle coach and educator. She is the author of Vegan Pressure Cooking: Delicious Beans, Grains, and One-Pot Meals in Minutes, co-author of Vegan for Her: The Woman's Guide to Being Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet (Da Capo Press, July 2013) with Virginia Messina. She is the Plant-Based Team Leader for Attune Foods and speaks on plant-based food and vegan activism, fitness and body image, making big changes post-40, blogging, and nonprofit management at festivals, farm markets, community organizations, and colleges and universities. She has been interviewed for radio shows and podcasts including Main Street Vegan, Our Hen House, and Erin Red Radio.