Aisha Lesley Bentham MA, BFA, internationally trained artist-scholar, wellness coach and vegan chef from Toronto, studied Devising Theater and Performance at Arthaus.berlin, founded RootReach; a multi-disciplinary residency for artists, and has a vegan food and lifestyle brand called choosing.hue.
Her research and passion look at the intersections of cooking and performance and look to interrogate notions of care, eco-somatics and cookery. She is currently a Black Arts fellow at Wildseed Center for the Arts and Activism, writing her first book, developing wellness programs and the head of Food and Drink at the Canadian Green Alliance, a not-for-profit bridging the gap between theatre and sustainability.