Gabrielle Reyes ate her first vegan meal at age 12. Years later, after personal and family tragedies pushed her into a dark period of her life, she decided to commit to the diet full-time. Suddenly, it was as if a switch had flipped.
“As crazy as it sounds, I never looked back,” Reyes, now 30 and working as an actress, singer and cookbook author, told In The Know by Yahoo. “It was the best decision I ever made.”