Jacque Salomon
Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner | Health & Wellness Coach | Founder & Executive Director of Seeds to Inspire Foundation | Founder & CEO of Angel in the Stone
Jacque Salomon, born on the ancestral lands of the Lenape people (Manhattan, NY) and living on the lands of the Akimel O’odham and Piipaash people (Phoenix, AZ), is a passionate advocate for health equity and community regeneration. As the Founder and Executive Director of Seeds to Inspire Foundation 501(c)(3) and Founder & CEO of Angel in the Stone, Jacque is committed to helping individuals and communities prevent, arrest, and reverse chronic diseases while fostering holistic well-being.
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Jacque serves on several nonprofit and community projects, where she brings her expertise and lived experience to support equitable access to health and wellness. Her work emphasizes Food as Medicine, stress management, and the power of community connection to create lasting change.
A mother of three uniquely gifted children (her eldest now an angel), Jacque’s experiences navigating the Arizona public school system highlighted the immense stress and discrimination she faced while advocating for her kids. The emotional toll of these challenges impacted her health, leading to weight gain, chronic illness, and habits like overeating, poor sleep, and difficulty setting boundaries or practicing self-care. By reflecting on her personal struggles, addressing past traumas, and committing to deep inner work, Jacque transformed her life. She reclaimed her health, reversed chronic conditions like Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, and GERD, and lost 164 pounds, finding strength and balance along the way.
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This personal journey inspired Jacque to establish Seeds to Inspire Foundation, a community-rooted organization that addresses health inequities through garden programs, health and wellness education, and lifestyle interventions. Seeds to Inspire creates healing spaces and programs that empower communities to grow their own food, develop nutritional literacy, and adopt practices that enhance physical, mental, and emotional resilience.
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Through collaboration with grassroots organizations, Jacque works to expand access to Whole Plant Foods, deliver nutrition education, and provide tools that help underserved communities rebuild vitality, improve well-being, and create a future of equitable health for all.
My Vegan Story
I have been a Vegan my whole life and I didn’t know it. Veganism, to me, is a way of viewing the world. Another lens through which one filters ideas, perceptions, and understandings of the world. I was born into a culture and society of survival, scarcity, conflict, threat, and violence with some happy times and beautiful human connections sprinkled in and around the landscape of my life.
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It was always clear to me that I did not quite “accept” the world I was born into. I was not immune to its conditioning and intention for me, but just aware enough to feel the battle for health, life, and Truth deeply within my soul.
Read the rest of the story here: My Vegan Story by Jacque Salomon
Jacque Salomon, before and after adopting a Whole Plant Foods lifestyle